Foreign objects like piercings can be seen as threats by your body, which can cause a negative response at the piercing site, ...

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As many as three in four women get a vaginal yeast infection (vaginal candidiasis) in their lifetime, and about 8 percent ...

Chicago, Cook County and Illinois are on the cusp of ending the HIV epidemic in our city, county and state. But that progress ...

FROM barefoot beach days to long walks in the sun, summer can be tough on the soles of the feet – and everywhere else too.

A 31-year-old man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after police found seven malnourished dogs with wounds and skin ...

THE son of a man who died from a brain-swelling Nipah virus that inspired the Hollywood blockbuster Contagion has allegedly ...

Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the ...

The loss of federal funding from the Centers for Disease Control comes as Memphis health officials face rising rates of new ...

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While soup isn’t a replacement for medicine, it might offer a simple way to ease symptoms and help people feel better ...

Two people have been infected in St. Johns County and one has died from Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria.