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  • CDC Nails Nurses
    ATLANTA, Ga-Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have published a new guideline on hand hygiene that states healthcare workers (HCWs) should not wear artificial nails. The guideline says artificial nails or nail extenders should not be worn by ...More
    May 24, 2001
    Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene
  • Montreal Doctors Get Slapped on the Hand
    MONTREAL-An internal study at a hospital of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal has found that fewer than one in four doctors wash their hands and wear gloves when examining patients. The study's author, Vivian Loo, MD, director of infection control at the ...More
    May 24, 2001
    Posted in News
  • Combo Vaccine Fights Hepatitis
    PHILADELPHIA, Pa-SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals will being making and distributing a new combination vaccine that fights both hepatitis A and hepatitis B. The Twinrix vaccine will protect those 18 years of age and older from the threatening viruses. The vaccine has now ...More
    May 17, 2001
    Posted in News
  • Genital Herpes Public Health Threat
    SEATTLE, Wash-Genital herpes has been a public health concern for many years. However, with more attention and funding going to AIDS prevention, the sexually transmitted disease (STD) is often overlooked. Herpes simplex virus 2 (HISV-2) cases have risen 30% since the 1970s. ...More
    May 14, 2001
    Posted in News
  • Government Paid Millions for Dead Patients' Medical Costs
    WASHINGTON, DC-A difference in database records led the government to pay more than $4 million to cover medical costs of patients who were decease. The Health Care Financing Administration made the payments even though Medicare listed the beneficiaries as dead. An ...More
    May 14, 2001
    Posted in News
  • Late Diagnosis of HIV Frequent
    LONDON-A new study shows that HIV patients are often diagnosed years after their infection, taking away valuable treatment time. In the United Kingdom, more than one third of HIV patients were diagnosed having a CD4+ cell count of less than 200 cells/µl. This late of a ...More
    May 14, 2001
    Posted in News
  • Supreme Court Just Says No to Medical Marijuana
    WASHINGTON, DC-The Supreme Court ruled Monday that marijuana use is illegal for ill patients. Many suffers of diseases causing chronic pain are upset with the 8-0 decision. Patients have said the drug helps combat the effects of AIDS, cancer multiple sclerosis and other ...More
    May 14, 2001
    Posted in News
  • Cancer Drugs Not Cure
    SAN FRANCISCO, Calif-Drugs that were once touted as the cure to cancer have shown only a slight benefit in testing. The dramatic tumor shrinkage or disappearance that doctors originally predicted from drugs has not happened in trial studies. The three drugs discovered ...More
    May 14, 2001
    Posted in News
  • When Nurses Aren't Found, Restraints Abound
    PHILADELPHIA, Pa-A University of Pennsylvania nursing researcher has found that patient deaths and restraint use may increase during nursing shortages. A three-year study of older adults with hip fractures showed that restraints to immobilize patients were used more ...More
    May 11, 2001
    Posted in News
  • HIV Drug Resistance Testing Recommended
    LONDON-Researchers want drug resistance tested for patients recently infected with the HIV virus. They say the information could help with the clinical management of patients. Deenan Pillay, MD, from the University of Birmingham medical School, worked with a team of ...More
    May 7, 2001
    Posted in News
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