(Natural News) Imagine a dystopian science-fiction future where hospital ventilation systems are pumping out a deadly superbug, right into the open atmosphere, where winds carry it to local communities and farms, infecting crops and foods with chemical-resistant fungal strains that have a reported 41% – 88% fatality rate in humans. And imagine the CDC knew […]

(Natural News) Hospitals send too many patients in intensive care units (ICUs), where care is a lot more expensive and invasive, even if they don’t need it, according to a study from the University of California (UC), Los Angeles. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, identified the need for better and more efficient allocation of ICU resources […]

(Natural News) Many people believe that seeking out care through the medical system or even being admitted to the hospital is going to help them and improve their health. In theory, perhaps this should be true, but in reality, it certainly is not. A study completed by researchers at Yale University showed that older adults […]

(Natural News) Hospital floors may harbor superbugs that are easily overlooked when trying to control the spread of potentially life-threatening diseases, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. While hospital floors may look clean to the naked eye, a team of researchers — including researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School […]

(Natural News) A recent study, published in the journal Medical Care, has found that hospital quality scores may not necessarily reflect the actual quality of care. Researchers from the University of Michigan scrutinized the Hospital Safety Grade system run by The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization focusing on patient safety and quality healthcare. According to the […]

(Natural News) Even with Obamacare in full swing, hundreds of thousands of Americans every single year face total financial ruin from sky-high medical bills, a shocking new study has found. Despite the fact that more Americans than ever are now “covered by health insurance,” research has determined that “about 530,000 families each year are financially […]

(Natural News) Thousands of patients may have contracted HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C – or possibly all of the above – while being treated at HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, shocking new reports indicate. A lengthy investigation by the New Jersey State Department of Health has revealed that the ambulatory surgery […]

(Natural News) Anyone who has visited a loved one in a hospital in recent years will be familiar with the hand sanitizing pumps scattered all over the ward with signs encouraging visitors to disinfect their hands before making contact with patients. While all that visible sanitation may feel comforting, the reality is that the possibility […]

(Natural News) Hospital beds and medical equipment are often teaming with infectious bacteria. Since the turn of the century, hospital infections have claimed the lives of over 1.4 million people. Additionally, bed sores have claimed over 2.1 million lives. Antibiotic-resistant super bugs, often contracted from hospital settings, are also deadly. Since January 1, 2000, Carbapenem-Resistant […]

(Natural News) Yet another drugs and surgery prison, also known as a hospital, is reportedly on red alert after it was discovered that the premises became infected with a deadly “superbug” known as Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase, or KPC. Reports indicate that, due to 24 patients contracting the disease while admitted there, Hereford Hospital in the […]