Nina Warhurst has told her followers she's been battling a 'tough week' as many were left concerned about her appearance during a recent broadcast ...

New study of older adults in Sweden suggests healthier diets may still be linked to lower dementia risk even after early ...

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WASHINGTON — Microbiologists are used to looking at gross pictures and hearing scary statistics. So when a moderator of a session on emerging fungal infections at the ASM Microbe meeting uttered the ...

The symptoms of a bacterial infection will often depend on the infected body area. However, some common general symptoms include fever, fatigue, and pain. Certain disease-causing bacteria can ...

Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago The earliest evidence for an outbreak of plague has been uncovered at late stone age ...

MRSA is a staph infection that typically appears as a skin infection. It progresses through four healing stages: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Healing time varies widely ...

William Truswell, MD, FACS, operates his own cosmetic and reconstructive facial surgery practice. Dr. Truswell was the first in his area in Western Massachusetts to have an accredited private office ...

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Tetanus may sound like a disease from another era, but experts are warning that it remains a serious threat. Two recent reports from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found hundreds of ...