Staphylococcal (staph) infection is caused when bacteria called Staphyloccocus enters the body, usually through a skin cut or wound. Staphyloccocus aureus is the most common type to infect humans, ...

Different types of otitis media include the following: Acute otitis media. This middle ear infection occurs abruptly causing swelling and redness. Fluid and mucus become trapped inside the ear, ...

These bacteria help keep the vagina healthy and free of infection. A lack of lactobacilli and an overgrowth of some other microbe can cause an imbalance in the vagina. This imbalance can occur for ...

UTI is a common bacterial infection of the bladder that mostly affects women with normal anatomy of the urinary tract. Half of all women in the U.S. experience at least one uncomplicated UTI ...

In this new study, the team used samples of a tooth from the Well-man’s skeleton to sequence his genome. The team was then able to determine that he most likely had blue eyes and blond or light ...

Ángel Bayón-Gil at IrsiCaixa in Barcelona, Spain, and his colleagues, compared 16 of these individuals with 29 people whose immune-cell counts dropped after infection 1. Those who maintained ...

These structures also hold fluids and help regulate your sense of balance. Your ears can become infected with bacteria and viruses, causing inflammation or infection and affecting your hearing and ...

LOS ANGELES — A 7-day antibiotic course for treating hospitalized patients’ bloodstream infection (BSI) was just as effective as a 14-day course, according to new data from a seven-country ...

Wei, DDS, FIADFE. "The dark pigments in red wine can adhere to tooth enamel and cause discoloration." The same can be said for a bunch of other popular foods and drinks like soda, berries ...

SAVANNAH, Georgia — There’s no medical treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, a debilitating neurologic disorder that’s both progressive and incurable. But now, nerve specialists ...