WWL, alongside other NHS Trusts and healthcare services across the country, is experiencing a significant increase in ...

Unreported abuse incidents, gaps in safeguarding training, and cold food were among concerns raised by health watchdog inspectors in reports on 50 nursing homes. While many homes were found fully ...

WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital staff members have new tools to teach them improved techniques for saving lives, thanks to ...

Pelvic floor dysfunction results in miscoordination between pelvic muscles, organs, and the brain. Find treatment for a tight ...

As dengue cases rise, 21 cities in Brazil's São Paulo state have declared a state of emergency, state health authorities said Friday. As of that date, São Paulo had recorded 4,340 confirmed cases and ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) compiled an ambitious checklist of changes for the nursing home industry ...

In older adults who use catheters or live in a nursing home ... the shortest possible course of treatment. Treatment typically lasts no more than 7 days, and the infection should clear up in ...

Some evidence shows hospital infection preventionists may be able to spend less time monitoring hand hygiene, according to a study published Dec. 19 in the American Journal of Infection Control.

After a career in medicine that spanned much of the latter half of the 20th century, Palm Beach County’s Sheila Jaffe writes ...

Following a recent HIQA Report that was released on 10 January the Ballymahon Nursing Home has been deemed Compliant and ...

A researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital said the bird flu virus needs to be taken seriously so it doesn’t become the ...

St. Francis’ Nursing Home, a purpose-built facility located in Mount Oliver, Dundalk, accommodating 25 residents, recently ...