Enlarge this image Tim Lillard at the home he and his late wife, Ann Picha-Lillard, shared in suburban southeast Michigan. Since her…
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YouTube At first, the idea of using porcupine quills to patch up wounds sounds torturous. But, taking inspiration from the spiky rodent,…
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Enlarge this image Each year, hundreds of hospitals lose 1 percent of their Medicare payments through the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program. The…
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C. Diff Infections Are Falling, Thanks To Better Cleaning And Fewer Antibiotics
by NPR June 29, 2017Enlarge this image C. diff infections, which rose for decades, are now falling, according to the CDC. David Phillips/Science Source hide caption…
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Enlarge this image Nursing homes and hospitals need to work harder to keep water systems from being contaminated with bacteria that cause…
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Medicare Penalizes Hospitals In Crackdown On Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
by NPR December 22, 2016Enlarge this image Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles has been penalized in all three years since the creation of…