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A surveillance system for health care facilities can be used to identify and help reduce the number of preventable injuries among health care personnel

CDC: Surveillance System Can Help Reduce Health Care Injuries

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Nurse assistants and nurses found to have highest injury rates among all occupations examined
Physician compensation has gone up for almost all specialties

Physician Compensation Up for Most Specialties

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Top three earners for patient care are orthopedists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists
A microneedle patch may be an easier

Microneedle Patch Could Offer Alternative Mode of Vaccination

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Designed to be easier to use, safer, more portable than syringes
Regular consumption of Lentinula edodes (shiitake) mushrooms is associated with improved human immunity

Shiitake Mushroom Intake Tied to Improved Human Immunity

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Increased ex vivo proliferation of γδ-T cells, natural killer T cells with mushroom consumption
Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination for young girls is associated with reduced incidence of dysplasia and anogenital warts

Early Benefits for Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine in Canadian Teens

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Reduced incidence of dysplasia and anogenital warts among girls vaccinated in grades 8 to 9
With opioid abuse now linked to 142 cases of HIV in rural Indiana

National Health Alert Issued Over HIV Outbreak in Indiana

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More than 140 cases linked to injection drug use reported in rural Indiana
Between 2001 and 2013

Doctors May Be Caught Off Guard by Antibiotic Shortages

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Multiple shortages of 32 antibiotics, which lasted an average of six months
Phenolic-rich maple syrup extract has antimicrobial activity and demonstrates strong synergic interactions with selected antibiotics

Phenolic-Rich Maple Syrup Extract Has Antimicrobial Activity

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PRMSE and catechol efficiently reduce biofilm formation at sub-lethal concentrations
Yet another study finds no evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine raises the risk of autism -- even among children who are at increased genetic risk. The latest research was reported in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association

More Reassurance Against MMR-Autism Link

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Finding held true even for children at risk for the developmental disorder
Electronic health records are a valuable source of data that can be mined to help practices with quality improvement performance

EHR Data Mining Helps With Quality Improvement

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Data mining tools, including health maintenance alerts, reports, are available in EHR products