FRIDAY, March 2, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Nonfatal gun injuries in the United States are becoming more severe, increasing pressure on the health care system, researchers say. Since the 1990s, the severity of nonfatal gun injuries treated in U.S. hospitals has risen 1.4 percent a year, the new study found.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 1, 2018 (HealthDay News) — If people with sleep apnea who’ve been hospitalized for any reason don’t use their breathing treatments when they return home, they’re much more likely to end up back in the hospital. They were 3.5 times more likely to be readmitted for any reasonContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2018 (HealthDay News) — As a nasty flu season rages throughout the United States, new research finds that one particularly vulnerable population often misses out on tests for the illness. Among hospitalized people, older patients are much less likely to be tested for flu than younger patients,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Americans spent more on health care in 2016, even though their use of health care did not increase, and rising costs are the reason why, a new report shows. “It is time to have a national conversation on the role of price increasesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Survival rates are rising for people who have cardiac arrest while in the hospital, a new study finds. But if cardiac arrest happens at night or on a weekend, you’re more likely to die than if it happens on a weekday. The oddsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Black children are more than twice as likely as white kids to die from surgery complications in the United States, a new study suggests. Researchers found that black kids more often had risk factors that raised their odds of dying within 30 daysContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Emergency room doctors must think fast — and video games might help boost their decision-making, new research suggests. A study led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found an adventure video game improved ER doctors’ ability to assess the level ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) — The chance of dying from a common heart rhythm disorder is higher for people treated at rural rather than urban hospitals, a new study finds. The researchers analyzed data from hospitalizations for the heart ailment known as atrial fibrillation — or a-fib —Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Hospital operating rooms produce thousands of tons of greenhouse gases each year, but changing the type of anesthesia used in surgery can help lower those emissions, researchers report. For the study, investigators assessed the carbon footprint of operating rooms at three hospitals: VancouverContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) — In hospitals around the world, noise complaints are booming. But some medical centers are trying to stem the ’round-the-clock’ racket. Medical equipment, air circulation machinery, announcements and staff pages create a cacophony of sounds 24/7 that can stress patients, staff and visitors alike,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) — The epidemic of opioid abuse in the United States has put hospital ERs on the front line, with staffers increasingly battling infections tied to the problem. ERs are seeing an increasing number of patients seeking care for severe infections resulting from injected useContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Nov. 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Is your baby’s stuffy nose and cough just a cold or something more serious? It could be respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, experts say. RSV causes symptoms similar to those of other viruses, includingContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) — A life-threatening heart emergency can spell financial doom for people who don’t have health insurance, a pair of new studies shows. Around 4 out of 5 uninsured patients hospitalized for a heart attack, stroke or heart bypass surgery faced financial ruin before theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Need another reason to keep your weight under control? Excess weight can cause dislocation of your knee and may even lead to a complication that results in amputation of your leg. A new study attributes a surge in dislocated knees to the U.S.Continue Reading