Some foods are delicious and nutritious when consumed raw, but others are more dangerous. We asked two nutrition experts what ...

Being able to identify — and avoid — poison ivy will spare you from an itchy red rash that could last weeks. The rash is an allergic reaction to the oil called urushiol in the leaves ...

Here’s everything experts need you to know. Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that produces botulinum toxin, the neurotoxin that causes botulism, says Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, Chief of the ...

C. perfringens is a widespread bacterium found in the intestines of animals and humans, known for causing severe enteric diseases. It produces over 20 toxins, with the β-2 toxin (CPB2 ...

Clostridium perfringens is a spore-forming bacteria that can function without oxygen (anaerobic bacteria). These gram-positive bacteria are typically found in human and animal intestines.

If you’re frequently in and out of the pool, it’s possible to get chlorine rash, a common type of contact dermatitis. Any type of summertime rash is less than ideal, and while chlorine rashes ...

Though both heat rash and sun poisoning look slightly similar, they’re pretty different—and one is far more serious, says Jennifer Gordon, MD, a board-certified dermatologist with Westlake ...

Our friend here, Clostridium butyricum (also known as C butyricum), is one of the hardest working microbes living in our gut. Without its exhaustive work, we might find ourselves constantly ...

Casualty is set to air a devastating story for Rash Masum as he struggles to deal with his father's dementia diagnosis. Rash's father, Ashok, was diagnosed with vascular dementia earlier in the ...

Clostridium perfringens and Salmonella were the agents responsible for the most foodborne outbreaks in Singapore from 2018 to 2021, according to a study. A total of 171 outbreaks involving 7,538 ...

Picture this: You’re going about your day, when all of a sudden you spot a red, splotchy rash on your skin. You’re likely Googling pictures of skin rashes to help identify and self-diagnose ...