Nearly 50,000 US medical patients die every year of blood poisoning or pneumonia they picked up in hospital, a study has shown. Hospital-acquired sepsis and pneumonia in 2006 claimed 48,000 lives, led to 2.3 million extra patient-days in hospital and cost 8.1 billion dollars, according to the study, led by researchers from the Center for Disease ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is cautioning individuals with asthma against using drugs in the class of long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) by themselves for treating children or adults. Manufacturers will be required to include this warning in the product labels of these drugs, along with taking other steps to reduce ...

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a bout with pneumonia, his spokesman said Monday. Dole, 86, was admitted to the military hospital about three weeks ago with a respiratory condition, spokesman Michael Marshall said. Dole soon recovered but has ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hospitals that send patients home earlier can save money and the policy does not end up costing more later, researchers reported on Monday. The intensive look at two common conditions -- pneumonia and heart failure -- showed that it may be possible to lower costs in the U.S. system without hurting patients, the researchers reported in the Archives of ...