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LONDON (Reuters) - A dangerous, drug-resistant bacterium normally found in soil and water is on the increase in hospitals worldwide, an infectious disease expert warned on Tuesday.

The Massachusetts Public Health Council on Wednesday unanimously approved measures to increase oversight of teaching hospital expansion projects with the aim of ensuring that new facilities do not duplicate services offered by community hospitals or imperil existing facilities, the Boston Globe reports.

Wuesthoff Health System will launch their tobacco bans Nov. 20, Great American Smokeout Day. The ban will cover all hospital facilities and ancillary locations for the three Brevard County hospital s...

The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children'rsquo;s Hospital National Poll on Children'rsquo;s Health finds that nearly 1 in 10 parents of high school athletes is aware of the use of performance-enhancing drugs by an athlete in their community. The poll also finds that most parents feel that schools 'ndash; with minimal penalties to individual students 'ndash; should be responsible for handling the problem.

The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children'rsquo;s Hospital National Poll on Children'rsquo;s Health finds that nearly 1 in 10 parents of high school athletes is aware of the use of performance-enhancing drugs by an athlete in their community. The poll also finds that most parents feel that schools 'ndash; with minimal penalties to individual students 'ndash; should be responsible for handling the problem.

The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children'rsquo;s Hospital National Poll on Children'rsquo;s Health finds that nearly 1 in 10 parents of high school athletes is aware of the use of performance-enhancing drugs by an athlete in their community. The poll also finds that most parents feel that schools 'ndash; with minimal penalties to individual students 'ndash; should be responsible for handling the problem.

Michael Berens and Ken Armstrong investigated MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - in Washington hospitals, are analyzing millions of records to track one of the nation's most widespread and preventable epidemics.They found that Washington doesn't track the MRSA germ or its victims and the state's hospitals don't have to reveal infection rates.The project also reveals that Washington hospitals generally do not test people for MRSA - a measure that has enabled federal veterans hospitals to reduce their cases to near zero.read more

Square foot by square foot, hospitals use twice as much energy as office buildings. Can we cut energy use without sacrificing care?

A 39-year old woman who had the world's first whole ovary transplant gave birth to a healthy daughter in a private London hospital last week after undergoing pioneering new treatment developed in the US that allowed her to receive an ovary donated by her twin sister and then conceive naturally, according to a BBC News report.

Procedures that may cost tens of thousands of dollars in the United States can often be done for one-third or even one-tenth of the cost in Asia, with much shorter waiting times.