Infectious diseases arise from bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites and can spread through contact, contaminated food or water, or weakened immunity. Common types include bacterial infections (e.g., strep…
Cellulitis is a bacterial skin infection causing redness, swelling, and pain, often in the lower legs. Tom Warren, MD, explains it results from bacteria entering compromised skin barriers…
Adam Schlifke, MD, MBA, practicing anesthesiologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford Medicine, has created a process for quickly and effectively converting the…
Join Michael Hochman, MD, MPH, for the first episode of Updates in Slow Medicine. This installment features a brief examination of recent research regarding non-specific clinical tests and…
CDC’s Dr. Manisha Patel describes clinical features of measles, how to diagnose it in a patient, and what to do if you suspect you have a case. [Includes…
Antoine Azar, MD, clinical director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, discusses a patient’s journey to diagnosis and treatment of adult…
Historically, high-sensitivity diagnostic testing for many common diseases consisted of sending samples to an offsite laboratory and potentially waiting hours or days before results were attained and shared…
Specially trained dogs detected malaria by smelling the socks of sick patients—something researchers hope could eventually help control the spread of the disease.
Hepatitis C is an RNA flavivirus that infects 4 million people in the United States, making it the leading indicator for liver transplant in the US. It has…
The United States National Institutes of Health (US NIH) has collaborated with an established pharmaceutical company, Sanofi, in an attempt to foment a revolutionary medical breakthrough in HIV…
