The Joint Commission has issued guidance on pressure injuries which can raise the risk for people to have worse outcomes including amputation and infection. The recommendations aim to equip healthcare ...

Fully 11% of older patients have pressure injuries when admitted to skilled nursing facilities for post-acute stroke rehabilitation, a new study finds. Certain factors make such a diagnosis more ...

At Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., a new tool helped lower the prevalence of healthcare-associated pressure injuries by 67.84%. Between late 2020 and mid-2022, the hospital’s ...

Pressure ulcers are injuries to the skin or the soft tissue under the skin. Healthcare professionals also call them “bedsores” and “decubitus ulcers.” They occur with long lasting pressure on a ...

Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) affect 1 in 10 hospitalized adults in the U.S. 1 and are responsible for as many as 60,000 deaths annually. 2 For hospitals, this means a financial impact ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Data exclusively shared with Military.com from a live-fire mortar exercise by U.S. Army troops indicates that simply standing near ...

Headaches are a common complaint. Most people have headaches at some time in their lives. But you can't fix all headaches with some over-the-counter pain medicine and a nap. Sometimes your headache is ...