Aussie Rules players in Darwin with symptoms of conjunctivitis are being urged to contact health authorities amid an outbreak of unknown origin affecting dozens of players. The Northern Territory ...

The short answer is yes—infants can develop sinus infections, but it’s not common. Unlike older children or adults, babies are born with only two sets of sinuses: the ethmoid sinuses (between the eyes ...

We've all felt that disconcerting "down-there" itching or burning sensation-and while a yeast infection leaps to mind as the most likely culprit, there are other factors that may be responsible. Keep ...

The odor and discharge are strongly suggestive of a bacterial sinus infection. COVID infections, like all viral infections, ...

Hospitalization reliably adds medications. Acute illness demands aggressive management, and each clinical turn — a fever, sleepless night, or drop in blood pressure — often prompts another order. Many ...

Being overweight doesn’t just make people more susceptible to chronic illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes—it might also increase their risk of severe influenza and other infections, a new ...

Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health ...

Amid the revelation that people ‘scoop’ their period blood, there’s a reason you should listen to the warning that has been issued if you do the same with discharge. Women’s health often centres ...

Pink discharge that happens before your period, after sex, or at the start of new hormonal birth control may be normal. Pink vaginal discharge also can occur with early miscarriage. Uterine fibroids, ...

Many women experience unusual vaginal discharge at some point in their lives, often jumping to the conclusion that it's a yeast infection or urinary tract infection (UTI). Armed with this ...

Planning a patient’s discharge the day they are admitted is important — but not enough to fix the complex bottlenecks that slow hospital throughput and lead to emergency department boarding. These ...