Standing, Walking After Major Surgery Tied to Less Risk of Post-Op Complications Median mobilization was 1.6 hours per day, less than recommended May 31, 2023
Why Urgent Care Is More Urgent Than Ever These facilities support our overburdened system May 31, 2023
Overuse of Some Disinfectants Can Do More Harm Than Good Health systems must eliminate unnecessary uses of QACs May 30, 2023
Are Health Outcomes Any Different With MDs vs DOs? Observational study suggests no important differences for patient mortality in the hospital May 30, 2023
Why Are Female Doctors Sued Far Less Often Than Male Doctors? Studies on differences in style of practice yield strong clues May 28, 2023 video
Impella Not Linked to Better VT Ablation Outcomes High-risk patients do not get benefits from devices, observational study finds May 22, 2023
Biologic Envelope Cuts Complications After Cardiac Device Implantation "Any strategy to reduce infection rates in these patients is important," expert says May 22, 2023
Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker Impresses in Safety-and-Performance Study Device provided atrial pacing, reliable atrioventricular synchrony for 3 months post-implantation May 21, 2023
Doctors Play 'Never Have I Ever' YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, on sleeping through a page, placing an IV, and dirty needle sticks May 18, 2023
Nurses Protest Colleague's Firing, Other Mistreatment Nine nurses were suspended and one was fired after delivering a petition to their manager May 17, 2023
Vibrating Crib Mattress Eases Opioid Withdrawal for Exposed Infants "A great need to reduce medication treatment in this vulnerable population," says researcher May 15, 2023
Tainted 'Male Enhancement' Pills; Green Card Freeze Hits Nursing; Monkeypox Rebounds Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51³ΙΘΛΆ―Βώ staff May 15, 2023
On the Night Shift With a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner What it's like to care for victims in their darkest moments May 14, 2023
U.S. News 'Best Medical Schools' Rankings See Measurable Changes From Preview Changes come amid a decampment of medical schools from participating, submitting data May 11, 2023
Penn Medicine Residents Vote to Unionize 88% of residents and fellows voted in favor of the union May 09, 2023
New Georgia Law Reins in NP, PA Use of 'Doctor' in Clinical Settings NPs, PAs with doctoral degrees must state they're not physicians during patient interactions May 09, 2023
Hospital Gets to Keep Chapel Candle Burning Religious liberties law firm fought CMS on fire safety citation: "You will lose" May 09, 2023
Study: VA Surgeons Who Do Colonoscopies May Need More Training Outdone by gastroenterologists in finding adenomatous polyps May 08, 2023
You're Ready for Your Patient to Leave the Hospital. But Are They Ready? Discharge must be a coordinated effort by the healthcare team May 06, 2023
Worried About the Possible Envision Bankruptcy? You Should Be. Regulators need to better protect patients, hospitals, and providers May 03, 2023
$15K Surgery Shakedown? Med School Dean's Twitter Snafu; Lethal Injection 'Expert' This past week in healthcare investigations May 03, 2023
Four Steps to Reduce Nurse Suicides Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, on the American Academy of Nursing's new "seminal" consensus statement May 03, 2023 video
Feds Probe Hospitals Accused of Denying Emergency Abortion Care State laws may have changed, but federal EMTALA requirements have not, says HHS secretary May 02, 2023
Botanical Product Reduces Sepsis Mortality in Chinese Trial But path to FDA approval for Xuebijing infusion unlikely with these data alone, say editorialists May 01, 2023
More Efforts Needed to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance, Lawmakers Told Witnesses at House hearing push for new drugs and tests, and more infectious disease docs Apr 28, 2023
FDA OKs First Poop-Based Oral Therapy Vowst approved for preventing recurrent C. difficile infections after antibiotics Apr 27, 2023
Unionized Resident Physicians Rally for Pay Parity, Hazard Pay Non-unionized resident physicians recently got a 6% raise Apr 26, 2023
Return of 3-Day Rule Will Stress Crowded Hospitals Further Groups call for the 57-year-old policy to be abolished Apr 26, 2023
Here Are This Year's Top Graduate Nursing Programs U.S. News moves ahead with nursing rankings despite medical school drama Apr 25, 2023
Are Physician-Owned Hospitals Good for Healthcare? Report commissioned by two hospital groups suggests otherwise Apr 25, 2023
U.S. News Pulls Preview of Top Medical Schools Amid Rankings Delay A new release date for the complete rankings has yet to be issued Apr 24, 2023
Babies Born Preterm or Large Have an Increased Risk of Afib in Adulthood Information on adverse birth outcomes may be important in future counseling Apr 24, 2023
Helmet CPAP Leads Noninvasive Ventilation Therapies for Acute Respiratory Failure Showdown of HFNC and helmet- and face mask-based modalities in meta-analysis Apr 23, 2023
Fired Hospital Admin's Story Reveals Flaws in Healthcare Hiring Under pressure to fill vacancies, healthcare facilities may be even more vulnerable Apr 20, 2023
Cerebral Oximetry Not a Lifesaver for Extremely Preterm Infants No significant changes in death or brain injury in NICU patients Apr 19, 2023
Doctor's Ashes Launched Into Space John Darby, MD, had a lifelong love of aviation, aerospace, and astronomy Apr 19, 2023
ID Experts Urge Healthcare to Shed Universal Masking "The context and conditions of the pandemic have changed dramatically and favorably," they said Apr 17, 2023
One in Five Nurses Could Leave the Workforce by 2027 Study projects loss of 1 million nurses, including 800,000 RNs Apr 17, 2023
FDA Panel to Weigh Limited Data on Combo for Healthcare-Acquired Pneumonia Sulbactam-durlobactam under consideration for cases caused by Acinetobacter spp. Apr 14, 2023
