In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her ...

A WOMAN who complained of a burning sensation in her feet after returning home from a trip abroad was revealed to have parasitic worms in her brain. The 30-year-old woman had just returned from a ...

Paragonimiasis is caused by infection with an organism that is endemic to Asia and Africa, and this patient could have been exposed if she ate crab sushi ... migrate to the lungs, where they ...

Worst foods to eat when you have a cold Prioritizing good nutrition daily is the best way to keep your immune system strong, helping to protect you from getting sick in the first place, explains Julia ...

A young American woman who travelled to Thailand, Japan, and Hawaii complained of a severe burning sensation in her feet, ...

A large team of surgeons and organ transplant researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. has found an association between lung transplant patients who become infected with the ...

Human health is strongly intertwined with the health of the microbiome. A large number of studies have shown that the human ...

Lung transplant recipients are highly susceptible to infection, the researchers noted, and P. aeruginosa is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia for them. Indeed, it was the most frequently ...

A team of environmental scientists at Duke University, working with colleagues from the University of New South Wales, the ...

A component found in all fungi may provide a shield against flu-related lung damage, according to a new study.

It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can carry out N2 fixation. It was assumed that the high levels of oxygen ...