Health

Transgender-positive approach overdue in acute care

Fears of insensitive questioning, withdrawal from hormone treatment and the use of a patient's legal name, rather than chosen name, may drive many transgender people away from acute care facilities, including emergency departments, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A novel tool to predict septic kidney damage

Melbourne researcher Yugeesh Lankadeva has discovered what drives kidney damage and how to asses it through a patient's urine.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

C. difficile rates highest in Northeast region, spring season

Rates of infection with the deadly superbug Clostridium difficile were highest in the Northeast region of the country and in the spring season over the last 10 years, according to a study published in the May issue of the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

C. difficile doubles hospital readmission rates, lengths of stay

Patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital as patients without the deadly diarrheal infection, according to a study published in the April issue of the American ...

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