(Reuters Health) - Many patients may be able to shower just two days after their operations without increasing their risk of infections around the incision site, a recent study suggests. Even though ...

Some Spring Grove Hospital Center showers were closed down for six days beginning Jan. 30, as the state-run mental hospital dealt with elevated Legionella test results. Legionella is the bacteria that ...

For ICU nurse Caitlyn Obrock, the last year has been a blur. She's treated hundreds of COVID-19 patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. But, she says, one patient stands above. "From the very ...

Knee surgery patients are usually instructed to wait two weeks after surgery to take a shower to reduce the risk of infection. But a small new study suggests this may not be necessary. Researchers ...

A senior living facility in Scotland recently held a "baby shower" using dolls for its patients with dementia. Ryan Meadows Care Home received 60 baby dolls from Pearl’s Memory Babies to host a baby ...

Nurses and other staff members in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Tufts Medical Center are days away from hosting a special type of baby shower that caters to their tiniest patients. In its ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A retirement community center hosted a baby shower for dementia patients. The journey of motherhood is a highly unique experience, full of moments so ...

Clinical Infectious Diseases publishes clinically relevant articles on the pathogenesis, clinical investigation, medical microbiology, diagnosis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of diseases caused by ...