Some people scrub them every day while others say letting water run over them in the shower is enough. So are you cleaning ...

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Cellulitis is a skin infection that can occur when bacteria enter an open bug bite. Early treatment is crucial. Learn how to ...

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health is piloting an artificial intelligence tool to detect surgical site infections ...

Prophylactic measures such as vancomycin, povidone-iodine and saline irrigation yielded similar rates of periprosthetic joint infection and wound complications at 3 months for high-risk patients ...

Philadelphia’s 7% drop in fatal overdoses in 2023 is notable. Still, opioid use disorder claimed the lives of over 1,100 residents that year – more than three times as many lives as 10 years earlier.

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The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said the two gunshot wounds she suffered likely turned into further issues that led to ...

The report stated that two gunshot wounds Hochhalter suffered, resulting in her use of a wheelchair in the 25 years since, likely turned into further issues and led to her death. The report said that ...

Many people with diabetes develop foot ulcers—open wounds on the feet—that are dangerous because almost half of them become infected. Infections can lead to hospital stays and sometimes force doctors ...

Before xylazine, most of the wounds we treated were skin infections like abscesses. These conditions develop when a bit of bacteria gets under the skin and a pocket of infection forms. When treated ...