What started as a simple cat scratch nearly cost 65-year-old Shirley her life. The Bristol grandmother initially dismissed ...

Gardening is a relaxing and enjoyable activity ... in the soil and a small irritation or cut can develop into a major hand infection. Glove choice should be specific to the specific task.

A woman survived a rare infection that had previously been reported ... according to a new case report. After gardening without gloves, the 48-year-old woman experienced nausea and vomiting ...

High among the many infections that families strive to keep from spreading or getting is hand, foot, and mouth disease. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral illness that causes sores in one ...

Another reason that cat bites are uniquely risky are due to the presence of a bacteria called pasteurella multocida, which is one of the major causes of hand infections from cat bites. Pasteurella ...

trapping the bacteria and making the tissue beneath the skin a “fertile” ground for infection, Gaillard said. In one study by the Mayo Clinic, 1 in 3 cat bites to the hand required ...

If I could choose only one tool to use for the rest of my gardening days, this would be it. Another great hand tool is a mattock tiller. It has a two-sided steel head. One side is a digging fork ...

On the Monday episode of the "Armchair Expert" podcast, the actor, 43, revealed he sliced his hand with glass and developed a staph infection while filming the remake of the 1989 action movie ...

All are part of growing efforts by hospitals and health care chains in Houston and across the country to prevent hospital-acquired infections and to increase hand-washing, the most basic ...

Lucknow: Up to 60-70% of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) can be prevented by simply following proper hand hygiene practices, according to experts speaking at the 46th annual conference of the ...