A fistula is an unusual opening between two body parts that often needs treatment like medicine or surgery. Fistulas can be caused by infections and diseases like Crohn's disease, and up to half of ...

What is an intravenous pyelogram (IVP)? An IVP is an imaging test used to look at the kidneys and ureters. The ureters are the narrow tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder. During the ...

Original Medicare provides coverage for IV infusion therapy when a doctor determines it to be medically necessary, both in a clinic setting and at home. Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans need to offer ...

But IV nutrition therapy has also become popular among the wellness crowd in recent years, thanks to potential perks such as fighting fatigue, boosting immunity, and easing stress. IV nutrition ...

One hundred and twenty-one subjects randomly selected from all patients referred for intravenous urography during a six-month period constituted the control group, which was divided into 61 ...

This is a MedPage Today story. In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what has happened since. Hurricane Helene ...

A seventy-four-year-old widow entered the hospital because of a radiologic abnormality noted in the region of the right kidney. Sixteen months previously she was admitted to another hospital because ...

Surgery was Katie Adase's best chance at finally getting a diagnosis for the chronic pelvic pain that has been plaguing her for years. "I couldn't do laundry or walk to the grocery store or even cook ...

North Carolina hospitals reeling from Hurricane Helene may soon get some relief from a critical IV fluid shortage. The Food and Drug Administration approved changing the expiration date on multiple ...

Years before Hurricane Helene shut down a critical intravenous fluid facility in North Carolina, sparking concerns in hospitals across the country, many common IV fluids were already in short supply ...