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...hospital-based bacterial infections caused by MRSA increased, by 26% over the same time period. Approximately 64% of ICU staph infections can now be traced to MRSA, according to an earlier survey conducted by the CDC. That means that the risk of bacterial infection for an ICU patient who has been given a catheter or central line is smaller than it was a decade ago, but if he or she does get an infection, it's more likely to involve an antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA. "Our message is that the percentage of MRSA [infections] is still an important measure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bacterial Infections in Hospitals Decline | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...think there is a fundamental disconnect between much of the media - with its breathless and impatient coverage - and most people out there. Most people are more patient and sophisticated, and appreciate that our problems have developed over a long period of time. They're realistic enough to understand that they are not going to disappear overnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Historian's Take on Obama | 2/16/2009 | See Source »

...bless us ... What a blessing - the karma gods are smiling on the whole country, man." - Joanna McKee, director of Green Cross Patient Co-Op, a medical marijuana advocacy group, Seattle Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gil Kerlikowske: Obama's New Drug Czar | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

Sloan: So this is an issue that is periodically in the news. What do physicians--what does the health-care system--do for the patient if the mother assumes a religious stance that interferes with treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith and Healing: A Forum | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Handzo, how do you give that coursing of neurochemicals meaning? If you are counseling a patient, someone who has received a diagnosis of terminal cancer, what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith and Healing: A Forum | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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