It seemed like such a great idea. But at the end of the day, as they say, those dogs didn’t hunt. Or at least not well enough. New research from Toronto throws into question the notion that canines ...

Late last year, The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health in Cincinnati received a first-place award in a multi-state competition for its efforts to reduce Clostridium difficile infections among inpatients.

Researchers performed a case-control study with participants from 10 U.S. sites from October 2014 to March 2015. Researchers defined case patients as those older than 18 years, with a positive C. diff ...