The opioid crisis can be understood in a lot of different ways. It’s been described as a failure of policy, the collateral damage in the pursuit of irresponsible profits, or just the latest trend in an eons-old cycle of addiction.…

New to practicing functional medicine? If your answer is Yes, congratulations on joining a fast-growing field of healthcare for treating chronic conditions.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health Sept. 28, alleging Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital violated federal law by ordering an employee to receive a flu shot despite his religious beliefs.

In a recent blog post, The Greeley Company discusses "Bylaws Season." 

In a recent blog post, the Greeley Company discusses high-level disinfection. 

To curb maternal deaths and life-threatening childbirths, pharmaceutical company Merck has launched the "Safer Childbirth Cities" initiative, which supports U.S. cities in their efforts to help women have healthy pregnancies and safe childbirths.

To help bring light to nurses as innovators, Johnson & Johnson has launched the "Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge," inviting millions of U.S. nurses to submit ideas for new devices, health technologies, protocols or treatment approaches.

Critical illness and major infection can lead to brain structure changes and speed up cognitive decline, an analysis conducted by researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University found.

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The National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense are creating a database to study recovery and rehabilitation after limb loss, NIH announced Oct. 1.