Deaths resulting from an overdose of opioid pain relievers — including hydrocodone, methadone, oxycodone and oxymorphone — now exceed overdose deaths from heroin and cocaine combined, according to a report from the Center for Disease Control.
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Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii was found in 48 percent of rooms occupied by patients colonized or infected with the pathogen, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Donald Russell Johnson, MD, a dermatologist from Anacortes, Wash., has had his license suspended for allegations including patient abandonment and criminal assault, according to a Washington State Department of Health news release.
Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn., has agreed to purchase Kentucky Lake Surgery Center from a group of local physicians, according to a Paris Post-Intelligencer report.
NuHealth, the parent company of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., has implemented a pilot project based on the Department of Defense and AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS program, according to a health system news release.
Clostridium difficile has surpassed MRSA as the most common hospital-acquired infection in community hospitals, according to a study (pdf) by Duke University Medical Center researchers. Research has also indicated that C. diff infection can cost an average of $4,000 per…
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ClearCount Medical Solutions has announced it has received approval to affix the CE mark to its SmartSponge and SmartWand-DTX products, according to a ClearCount news release.
Cataracts affect more than 22 million people in the United States, or more than half the population over the age of 65, according to a UPI report.