Month: March 2013
‘Retained Surgical Items’ Plague Patients; Recent CMPW Verdict
Patients continue to have “retained surgical items” – or items including sponges, needles and instruments – left in their bodies following surgery about a dozen...
Deadly Bacterial Infections Spreading Across U.S.
Deadly bacterial infections resistent to even the strongest antibiotics are on the rise in U.S. hospitals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Why Do Unfit Doctors Not Fail Medical School?
The practice of not failing medical students who excel in the classroom but lack clinical intuition, communication skills and bedside manner necessary to be a...
Mediterranean Diet’s Effect on Heart Risks
A Mediterranean diet can prevent about 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease in people at high risk, according to a...
Rare, Potentially Deadly Superbug Reports Jump in U.S.
An increase in reports of a rare but potentially deadly type of superbug resistant to nearly all antibiotics has prompted stricter precautions in U.S. hospitals,...
Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
The only real difference between laparoscopic and the heavily-advertised, robotic surgery for hysterectomies may be a major cost increase for the latter, according to a...
Quality of Nursing Home Care Lacking in Kentucky
The quality of care in Kentucky’s nursing homes is severely lacking; two out of every five nursing homes in the state are ranked below or...
New Breast Cancer Drug Approved
Kadcyla, a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Researchers...
Lowering Costs Worth Lesser Care?
With a growing number of initiatives to control health care costs championed in recent years, doctors are looking for patients to be more cost conscious....