When you are bedridden and unable to move about, you end up sitting on one spot for long periods. This puts immense pressure on that area, restricting blood flow to the skin and underlying tissue ...

Tuberculosis of the spine, also known as Pott’s disease, is a form of extrapulmonary TB caused by a bacteria that spreads from the lungs to the spine through the bloodstream. It affects the vertebrae ...

“If someone does not take proper treatment for tuberculosis, it can ultimately lead to the death to the patient,” warns ...

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest diseases known to man, the DNR said, and it is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium bovis. While the disease is found primarily in cattle, it has also ...

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have demonstrated that doxycycline, a commonly available and inexpensive antibiotic, can improve ...

For 20 years, Ibrahim Mungai, 52, had been confined to his bed, unable to walk. His story has, however, changed following a successful medical intervention.

Researchers at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine have discovered that combining doxycycline with standard Tuberculosis (TB) treatment may protect the brain from damage caused by excessive immune ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Spinal cord compression is a health problem. They represent a major cause of long-term disability. A spinal cord compression due to spondylodiscitis is an inflammatory ...

Maxwell Oyepoju’s life took a drastic turn at 15 when he was diagnosed with Pott’s Disease, a form of tuberculosis that attacks the spine. He tells TEMITOPE ADETUNJI about the emotional toll and the ...

Standing ominously on a hilltop in Louisville, Waverly Hills Sanatorium looms like a brick behemoth against the Kentucky sky, daring you to uncover its secrets while simultaneously warning you to stay ...

ABSTRACT: Intradural extramedullary tuberculoma of the spinal cord (IETSC) is an extremely rare modality of non-osseous spinal tuberculosis. It is even rarer in a child with only less than 8 known ...

Tulsa Public Schools alerted parents and staff on Tuesday to an active case of tuberculosis (TB) connected to McLain High School. The Tulsa Health Department notified the district of a public health ...