According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

This guide includes an overview of practices for the prevention and management of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI ... chlamydia and gonorrhea. They do not provide complete ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

Pink eye is also known as conjunctivitis in some circles. Pink eye is almost always caused by an infection that is viral. Viruses are the most common cause. Likewise, it could be caused by a fungal ...

Kenneth Perry, MD, an emergency physician in South Carolina, said his hospital has recently seen an uptick in emergency department visits tied to these infections. "From cough to nasal congestion ...

Photographs taken of the retina at the back of the eye can give an indication of brain health, and by using AI software to analyse the information, scientists may be able to spot signs of disease ...

Add eye conditions to that list, researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus say. "This study highlights the systemic health impacts of climate stressors including air quality, ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in ...

Gonorrhea, an infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is the second most commonly reported bacterial STI in Canada.Footnote 1 In 2010, the highest rates of reported gonococcal ...

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