CDC focuses on infection prevention
A new initiative launched by CDC is designed to reduce the risk of life-threatening infection in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Dignity therapy improves end-of-life experience
A form of psychotherapy that is intended to relieve distress for dying patients and their families showed great effectiveness in a recent study.
Lung cancer prompts different uses of end-of-life care in the United States, Canada
At the end of life, US Medicare patients with lung cancer make much more use of chemotherapy than do their counterparts in Ontario, but Canadians are much more likely to be hospitalized.
“FATE” survey assesses end of life in head and neck cancer
Palliative treatments, death outside of the hospital, and involvement by a palliative care team all improve the end-of-life experience for persons with head and neck cancer.
New guidelines seek to prevent IV catheter-related infections
The CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have released new guidelines to help eliminate bloodstream infections associated with intravenous catheters.
Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy deemed safe
Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is a safe operation over the long term, indicate the results of a large study.
Hip fractures a concern for younger breast cancer patients
Although hip fractures are rare in people younger than 70 years, they appear to strike at a much younger age in women who have been treated for breast cancer.
Patients Fail to Recall Hospital Medications Taken
Patients lack knowledge about the medications they take during hospital stays, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine ([Epub ahead of print]).
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