Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan has provided surprising findings indicating that hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, infections may come from characteristics associated with the patients themselves and not via hospital transmission. The findings, reported today in Nature Medicine, could help support additional steps […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hospital staff spend a significant amount of time working to protect patients from acquiring infections while they are being cared for in the hospital. They employ various methods from hand hygiene to isolation rooms to rigorous environmental sanitation. Despite these efforts, hospital-onset infections still occur—the most common of which is caused […]
Here are 16 gastroenterology updates Becker’s has reported on since Aug. 25: 1. The Digestive Health Physicians Association issued a statement of support for the proposed Protecting Patient Access to Cancer Care and Complex Therapies act, introduced by three Republican senators and representatives. 2. U.S. Digestive Health partnered with Wilmington-based GI Specialists of Delaware. 3. […]
The New York Blood Center declared a Blood Emergency late last week, after a summer of low donor turnout and even lower turnout since Labor Day, highlighting the importance of local blood drives scheduled for the upcoming days. “Our overall inventory of red cells and platelets has dropped significantly post Labor Day holiday and there […]
CANTON, N.Y. (WWTI) – SUNY Canton is to hold its 101st American Red Cross blood drive. The blood drive will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, and Wednesday, September 27, in the Richard W. Miller Center, room 212. “We’ve set a goal of reaching 101 on-campus donors during the two-day […]
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Hypertension is known as “the silent killer,” with 20 percent of Americans unaware that they have it. The good news is that it’s easy to check on your health using a blood pressure cuff from home, and there are many ways to lower your blood pressure without going straight to prescription drugs. What is high […]
Fall is fast approaching and, with it, the increased risk for respiratory infections, including BA.2.86, the latest variant of COVID-19. Updated vaccines are expected to be available soon (in fact, they may be available by the time you read this) at pharmacies or doctors’ offices. After spending the past few years dealing with COVID-19, there […]
