What Is an Inflamed Liver? Inflammation is the body's way to heal an injury or damaged cells. In the liver, this injury can be caused by many things, including an infection, toxins, or the buildup ...

Good dental hygiene isn’t just about a glowing smile. Developing positive oral health habits benefits your entire body. Dr Catherine Tannahill, a dentist at Portman Dentex, explains there is so ...

A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess, is a collection of pus and bacteria that forms inside the tooth or gum. To reduce the risk of complications, a person should seek treatment for a tooth ...

1 Department of Neurology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China 2 Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China Background: ...

A two-year-old child survived a fall from the 13th-floor flat of a high-rise in Dombivali in Thane thanks to the alertness of a man, with a video of the act going viral on social media and drawing ...

Inflammation is a normal part of the body's immune response to pain, injury, or infections. Acute (short-term) inflammation helps heal the body and protect against infections. However ...

A toddler has been rushed to hospital after she was bitten by a dingo at a busy tourist hotspot on Australia Day. Emergency services were called to K’gari shortly after 1pm on Sunday after ...

As kids, we were always told that if we ever swallowed gum, it would stay in our stomach for several years. We can't remember why, but it certainly stopped us from ever even thinking about swallowing ...

Tonic-clonic seizures are the type of epileptic seizure most people recognise. In the past they were called grand-mal seizures. Tonic-clonic seizures can have a generalised onset, meaning they affect ...

A 32-month-old boy with lesions on his right eye. Image: James H. Brien, DO Over the next 2 days, the erythema and swelling worsened, and he was therefore taken to his clinic the next day (day 3 ...

Hydrocolloids such as gums, emulsifiers and stabilizers — powerful workhorse ingredients — are go-to ingredients within dairy and non-dairy products as they enhance product quality, extend shelf life ...