Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) is the most prevalent healthcare-associated infection, with 65% of HAPs occurring in non-ventilated patients as non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP).1 ...

Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Inside were tissues, bar ...

Not long ago, Dr. Suzanne Fournier saw a 16-year-old patient with a swollen face and difficulty breathing. Fournier, a dentist who practices at an urban hospital in Louisiana, had to extract six of ...

Burroughs is senior director of public policy at the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. Major shifts in public health policy can bring unforeseen consequences. But in the case of fluoride bans, we ...

There’s a bidirectional relationship between mental health and oral health. When someone’s mental health suffers, it can cause a decline in oral health. Conversely, unmet dental problems can lead to ...