NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A biopsy of the bone can help doctors determine what antibiotic is the best to use in treating diabetic patients with serious foot infections, according to findings ...

While the majority of cases diagnosed as flesh-eating bacteria involve a body of water, one California woman who lost the majority of muscle and skin on her left foot said the origin of her infection ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Guidelines were changed to have patients with bone and joint infections treated with oral antibiotics. This ...

Researchers suggested that diabetic foot osteomyelitis — which results in worse outcomes compared with soft tissue infections — should be separated into its own category in the Infectious Diseases ...

Biocomposites, an international medical devices company that engineers, manufactures and markets world leading products for use in infection management in bone and soft tissue, today announces it has ...

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of foot complications and understanding how it affects your feet is crucial for ...

A U.K. man said he is lucky to be alive and credits the 400 maggots used to eat away at a deadly infection in his foot with helping to save his life. Matthew Blurton, of Yorkshire, said he was bitten ...

Why Do I Have a Bump on the Top of My Foot? An injury, corns, callouses, cysts, or other health conditions can cause a bump on your foot. They can be painful and make walking difficult, but there are ...

A physician detailed the bone infection associated with Belal Muhammad’s withdrawal from UFC 310. UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad’s first title defense is indefinitely postponed after the ...

Late in June, at a high school track in Portland, Oregon, Sean McGorty ran 5,000 meters in 13 minutes and 11 seconds. It was a 10-second PR for the 25-year-old Virginia native—proof that, at long last ...