Patients' body temperature drops during the first hour of surgery, even when they are warmed with forced air, according to a study published in Anesthesiology.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a toolkit to help end-stage renal disease facilities prevent infections in dialysis patients.

Various healthcare policy and industry changes have put pressure on many physicians' incomes, influencing more providers to opt for hospital and health system employment. For those who prefer to remain in independent practice, many have found that concierge medicine has…

Cleveland Clinic Children's has launched a Center for Integrative Medicine to offer complementary and integrative medical techniques to children receiving care for various chronic conditions, according to The Plain Dealer.

Listed are 12 things to know about the outbreaks and epidemics that have been making headlines both nationally and internationally lately.

Between the worsening flu epidemic and recent measles outbreak linked to Disneyland, vaccines have been the topic of quite a few conversations lately.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth System has been designated as an Ebola treatment center by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bringing the total number of designated Ebola treatment centers in the US to 49 as of Jan. 15.

A student of the University of Oregon in Eugene has been diagnosed with a bacterial infection that causes meningitis, according to a report from The Register-Guard.

Glendale, Wis.-based Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare decided to add primary care services to its St. Joseph campus in Milwaukee in an effort to reduce misuse of the emergency department for primary care, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

The number of medical malpractice claims resulting in payment has decreased consistently over the last decade, showing a slight increase in 2013 only, according to analysis by Statista.