Bioengineers in South Korea have succeeded in developing an intravenous needle (IV) that can bend and flex as it enters the human body. The softening IV needle is rigid at room temperature, similar to ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2013—Today, computerized smart systems can deliver drugs intravenously in exact volumes to hospital patients. However, these systems cannot recognize which medications are in the ...

Switching hospitalized patients from intravenous medications to pill forms of the same drugs could safely save millions of dollars a year, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. For their study ...

Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes liver inflammation and, at times, results in major damage to your liver. The virus that causes it spreads through blood and other bodily fluids. If you ...

PORTSMOUTH – IV drug use can affect the sight of a person with a substance abuse disorder, temporarily, or permanently. A new study, released in the Journal of the American Medical Association, ...

Purpose: The frequency of drug administration errors and incompatibilities between intravenous drugs before and after an intervention in an intensive care unit (ICU) is discussed. Methods: Critically ...

The IV bag was scanned in the Emergency Department, but because the label on the bag was for the drug that had been ordered, the system did not know to sound an alarm. The bedside caregiving staff had ...

New data on infective endocarditis (IE) among people who inject drugs run counter to long-held stereotypes about the condition—for example, a sizeable proportion of cases affect the heart’s left side, ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation in July legalizing syringe exchange programs in North Carolina, James Sizemore rejoiced. The pastor of a small church, Sizemore had — with ...

DURHAM (WTVD) -- There's a new anti-viral flu medicine on the market that was discovered and developed in Durham. It's called Rapivab, and it was cultivated by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. Much like ...