Compared with staples alone, staples plus iNPWT significantly reduced the risk for SSI and wound dehiscence in patients who underwent laparotomy.

In May 2011, a severe health emergency was declared in Germany. Nearly 4,000 people fell ill, and 53 lost their lives.1 The ...

In a critical condition, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre’s team stepped in to perform a high-risk corrective surgery to ...

The CDC has issued warning against drug-resistant 'nightmare bacteria', that are increasingly becoming a threat to public.

Andrea Gray was a nurse for several years and is now a patient care supervisor, but in 2018 she was a patient after she ...

Sepsis continues to be a significant contributor to maternal mortality, and is responsible for approximately 11% of maternal ...

Chagas disease, transmitted by 'kissing bugs', may now be endemic to the U.S., posing a potential health threat.

The updated list includes 29 drug-resistant pathogens, including new emerging threats and rising resistance in known bugs ...

Military surgeons work by one rule of thumb: patch up and move on. At frontline dressing stations neither time nor sentiment is wasted on the hopelessly injured. A seriously wounded man has to survive ...

A recall involving hand soap was announced over the summer, impacting anyone who purchased these products nationwide as well as Puerto Rico. Now, there’s been an update to that announcement. According ...

K OTA KINABALU, Sept 9 — The emergency doctor who first treated Zara Qairina Mahathir testified today that the 13-year-old, who was “very critical and unstable” upon arrival at the hospital, was given ...

Casey Reyes struggled for a way to explain the "sci-fi" surgery doctors were proposing to save her 87-year-old grandfather's badly burned hand. "They're gonna put your hand inside your stomach, kind ...