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• Overprescribing Heartburn Drugs Leads To Higher C. Diff, Kidney Risks: Editorial

  August 11, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A clinical pharmacologist warns that overuse of heartburn drugs is placing people at risk of unnecessary side effects.

• Nexium, Other Heartburn Drug Side Effects May Put Critically Ill Patients At Risk: Study

  July 14, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Popular heart burn drugs like Nexium and Prilosec may increase the risk of C. diff infections when given to ICU patients, researchers warn.

• Heartburn Drug Side Effects Study Finds No Link to C. Diff. Infections

  April 4, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Researchers from Belgium say they were unable to find an association with the use of drugs like Nexium and Prilosec, and an increased risk of C. Diff infections.

• C. Diff Infections More Likely To Be Spread By Hospital Patients Showing Symptoms: Study

  March 31, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study finds that hospital patients with c. diff infections are 15 times more likely to transmit the infections than asymptomatic patients.

• Public Health Departments And Hospitals Need To Coordinate Infection Control Efforts: CDC

  August 10, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  The CDC says hundreds of thousands of hospital infections could be prevented, as well as tens of thousands of deaths, if hospitals and public health departments better coordinate infection control efforts.

• Nursing Home Antibiotic Use Linked to High Rate of Problems: Study

  June 30, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  A new study suggests that nursing home patients may be experiencing a high rate of adverse events due to the heavy use of antibiotics.

• C. Diff Infections Rising Due to Antibiotic Overuse, Poor Infection Controls: CDC

  February 27, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A new CDC study links increases in C. diff infections to overuse of antibiotics and a failure to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals.

• Side Effects of Prilosec, Nexium, Other Heartburn Drugs May Increase Risk of Infections: Study

  December 2, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study links long-term use of heartburn drugs like Nexium and Prilosec to an increased risk of gastrointestinal infections

• C. Diff Infections in U.S. Hospitals Nearly Doubled Over Decade: Study

  October 3, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  A new study has found that C. Diff hospital infections nearly doubled since the turn of the century and may be linked to antibiotic overuse.

• Hospital Infections Affect 4% of Patients: CDC

  April 11, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A CDC survey finds that 4% of all hospital patients contract infections while in the healthcare system.