Many rheumatoid arthritis patients are on medications that suppress the immune system, making them more vulnerable to infection — but those same drugs could also help fight COVID-19 Julie Mazziotta is ...

Low-risk patients undergoing a total hip replacement with a posterior approach can skip the standard hip precautions currently recommended for post-surgical recovery, according to a new study.

March 13 (UPI) --People who've undergone hip replacement surgery may have one less thing to worry about, a new study says. Most low-risk total hip replacement patients can ditch the uncomfortable post ...

A group of epidemiologists and infection prevention specialists reviewed current practice and existing literature on the use of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE to build a framework for ...

Low-risk patients undergoing a total hip replacement with a posterior approach can skip the standard hip precautions currently recommended for post-surgical recovery, according to a new study ...

More than three-quarters of patients with rheumatic diseases quarantined and kept social distance during the pandemic, according to a new global survey. Patients with rheumatic disease adhered to ...

COVID-19 has dramatically altered the lives of millions across the globe, but for patients with cancer, the new restrictions and new challenges are ones they have already managed to handle. Cancer ...

Patients under contact precautions perceived more problems with their care than other patients, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Contact precautions are a set of ...

Patient bathing or contact precautions: Which reduces MRSA spread the most? Bathing patients with chlorhexidine is slightly more effective than using contact precautions in preventing the spread of ...

David Lubarsky, vice chancellor of Human Health Sciences and CEO of UC Davis Health, and Brad Simmons, interim CEO and chief operating officer for UC Davis Medical Center, sent the following letter to ...

Low-risk patients undergoing a total hip replacement with a posterior approach can skip the standard hip precautions currently recommended for post-surgical recovery, according to a new study ...