Hospital admission News

THURSDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 7 percent of men 65 and older who have a prostate biopsy are hospitalized within 30 days of the procedure, a new study indicates. By comparison, only about 3 percent of similarly aged men who do not ge...

FRIDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalization for further observation isn't necessary for most children who've suffered minor blunt head trauma and have normal CT scans, a new study indicates. Researchers examined data from 13,543 U.S. child...

MONDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalization of seniors may cause temporary memory loss and difficulty understanding discharge instructions, but many return to normal within a month, a new study says. The findings suggest that seniors may ...

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that a wireless implanted device monitors fluid build-up in the lungs of heart failure patients and alerts doctors when intervention is needed. As a result, the device reduces hospitalizatio...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The one-dose chickenpox vaccine dramatically cut the number of chickenpox-related hospitalizations in the United States for the first half of the past decade, according to a new study. And a second study has f...

FRIDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Misdiagnosis of pneumonia is common among patients readmitted to the hospital shortly after a hospitalization for the same illness, according to two companion studies. These misdiagnoses result in the overuse of...

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalizations for diabetes in the United States rose 65 percent over a recent 14-year span, with young adults -- and young women in particular -- accounting for much of that surge, a new study shows. The numb...

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Among U.S. children younger than 18, hospitalizations for all-terrain vehicle (ATV) injuries increased 150 percent between 1997 and 2006, new research shows. The most dramatic increases in injury rates occurred ...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The Mountain states region of the United States had the lowest average rate of potentially avoidable hospitalization for heart failure in 2006, according to a U.S. government report released Wednesday. The ra...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Recent advances in understanding the cause of severe peptic ulcers, along with better treatments, may be driving a decline in their incidence, a new study indicates. From 1998 to 2005, the number of Americans...

FRIDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- People with schizophrenia are at increased risk for medical injuries while staying in the hospital, a new study shows. Researchers examined discharge records from 3,605 U.S. hospitals between 2002 and 2007. The ...

FRIDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccination against rotavirus greatly reduces the risk of hospitalization for acute gastroenteritis among children, new research shows. Rotavirus, a leading cause of severe diarrhea and dehydration among young ch...

FRIDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term symptom remission is common among patients after they've been hospitalized because of borderline personality disorder, says a new study. The disorder is characterized by chronic unhappiness, frequent ...

TUESDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalizations caused by accidental and intentional abuse of prescription sedatives, tranquilizers and other painkilling drugs has risen dramatically over the last decade, new research reveals. Hospital stays...

TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- A simple genetic test that helps doctors determine the best dose of the blood-thinner drug warfarin for individual patients could reduce hospitalizations by one-third during the early dose-adjustment phase, a ...

FRIDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- With the H1N1 swine flu pandemic apparently winding down, federal health officials said Friday that about 57 million Americans have suffered through the illness since last April, and the total could range as hig...

TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Almost a quarter of the people on Medicare who are hospitalized for heart failure are back in the hospital within a month of discharge, a new study reveals. That should not be happening, said Dr. Joseph S. Ross...

THURSDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Potentially foreshadowing the U.S. experience this fall and winter, Australian and New Zealand health authorities who have just gone through their flu season report "substantial" traffic in their intensive care...

WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The more alcohol men drink, the more time they spend in a hospital, research from the United Kingdom has found. The study, which involved nearly 6,000 men in Scotland ages 35 to 64, began during the early 1970...

WEDNESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to naturally conceived twins, those conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART) are more likely to be hospitalized and admitted to neonatal intensive care, finds a new study. Researchers ...

TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get the annual flu vaccine, especially those who have asthma, may be more likely to be hospitalized than children who don't get the shot, a new study shows. But the researcher noted that the surpris...

TUESDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Providing housing and other assistance to homeless adults with chronic illnesses helps reduce their use of hospitals and emergency departments, a U.S. study finds. The study included 405 homeless people treated a...

TUESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- A regular program of moderate exercise will not harm people with heart failure and probably will benefit some of them, a new study has found. That admittedly tepid conclusion comes from a major government-funde...

MONDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Climate change will push summer temperatures higher and lead to more hospitalizations for respiratory problems, a European study finds. The researchers analyzed a minimum of three years of hospital admission dat...

THURSDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Between 1997 and 2006, hospital admissions for uninsured Americans rose by 34 percent, from 1.7 million to 2.2 million stays, a new report finds. The increase is more than double the 14 percent rise in overall...