Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.

Lawson, from Bracknell in Berkshire, initially contacted her GP last August after suddenly feeling a constant dull pain in ...

Abdominal pain in your upper or lower pelvis where your bladder sits could have a non-infectious cause. Learn what causes ...

Millions of Brits can skip the GP queue this winter and head straight to their local pharmacist. Amid warnings a ‘quad-emic’ of flu, covid, RSV and norovirus, doctors and hospital medics are battling ...

The condition, which is not contagious, usually appears in warm, wet parts of the body, such as armpits, under the breast, ...

Coconut oil is truly an amazing superfood. Not only does it taste good, but it has many benefits for the body inside and out.

A new U.K. study led by the University of Liverpool has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) ...

Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics, a type of drug - such as penicillin or ciprofloxacin - that kills or stops the growth of bacteria. When bacteria ...

There is an undeniable connection between a strong immune system and nutrition. Learn why what you eat matters and other ways ...

When Anne Maldzinski underwent a blood stem-cell transplant to cure her cancer, the procedure triggered a life-threatening ...