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Onsite gyms, lunch and learns, and health coaches all presumably have an impact on wellness of workers. However, if these options aren't available to employees, some simple competition can get the same results.
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New reports about proton pump inhibitors and the effects of gastric suppression, pioglitazone vs vitamin E for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency, and FDA Actions.
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Family members of patients who died following Alzheimer's, lung cancer, and renal failure consistently required increased bereavement services, according to a study of families of a hospice provider in Kentucky.
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For Muslims at the death bed, spirituality and religious faith are the only empowering sources that help them to face death.
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In contrast to another recent federal report that cited little progress against health care associated infections (HAIs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports an 18% decline in the national incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections.
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ECRI Institute, a Plymouth Meeting, PA-based independent, nonprofit organization that researches approaches to improving patient care, announces the launch of its new Patient Safety Blog.
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A registry that serves as a collection point for Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms has collected forms from about 18,000 people in Oregon since the registry went live Dec. 3, 2009...
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Smaller, community-based hospitals might face many of the same types of patient cases that require ethical decision-making; however, these hospitals often have fewer resources than large urban or academic centers with which to receive training in this area.
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An epidemic of Clostridium difficile (C. diff ) in the United States is killing some 12,000 patients annually, in part because neither alcohol hand rubs nor soap and water can effectively remove the spore-forming bacillus from hands, researchers are finding.