Could New Blood Test Detect Cancer?
A blood test that could revolutionize the way doctors detect and treat cancer is one step closer...
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Hospital Medicine
Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infection
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common causes of infectious...
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A Strategy to Prevent Postoperative Pneumonia
Postoperative pneumonia continues to create a burden on healthcare systems, often leading to...
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Light Technology Zaps Hospital Superbugs
A lighting system appears to be able to kill hospital superbugs—including MRSA and C. Difficile—by...
Read MoreConference Highlights: ICAAC Annual Meeting
The 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, or ICAAC, held its 2010 annual meeting from September 12 to 15 in Boston. Among the news emerging from the meeting was the risk of invasive aspergillosis...
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Raising Awareness on Breakthrough Cancer Pain
Pain is one of the most common but misunderstood and feared symptoms of cancer. According to...
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New Superbug Surfaces in Three States
An alarming new adaptable gene that can turn several common germs and types of bacteria into...
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Managing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Catheter-associated bacteriuria, the most common healthcare-associated infection, results from the...
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Experimental Paint Kills MRSA Bacteria
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created nanoscale coating for surgical...
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