Open and endoscopic carpal-tunnel releases are commonly used as the definitive treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. This ...

Rhodah Nakato, 32, a tailor in downtown Kampala City, narrates her agony of battling the Mpox disease, crushing stigma and ...

For patients with diabetes undergoing a surgical procedure, an active perioperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor a ...

Grandmother Sue Wheatley was rinsing out a tin of crab meat when she cut her finger on the lid. She put a plaster on it - and ...

Chronic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers, can present a significant challenge for health care providers. For patients ...

As a new study points to a link between poor diet, chronic inflammation and colon cancer, we asked health experts what it is ...

The New World Screwworm is a larva or maggot of the New World Screwworm fly, which lays eggs in a wound or live tissue like ...

A doctor has warned against a common bathroom bacteria, or “pink mould” that feeds off your shampoos, causing harmful gut ...

A fter a re-emergence sparked a national emergency in Costa Rica in February of last year, New World Screwworm (NWS) fly ...

The eggs hatch into painful larvae, and then maggots “screw into flesh with sharp mouth hooks” leading to a parasitic infection. TPWD officials said female NWS flies are drawn to the odor of a wound ...

The researchers also looked at some specific complications: wound re-opening, hematoma, bleeding and infection. They found ...