A sitz bath is a warm, shallow soak for your buttocks and genitals. It can be very soothing and help heal anal abscesses and other conditions in this area of your body, such as fistulas and ...

Peritonsillar abscess, also known as quinsy, is a bacterial infection that causes pus to collect near the tonsils and the back of the throat. It usually starts with bacteria responsible for strep ...

After surviving a life-threatening heart infection and undergoing emergency surgery, an Ontario man is celebrating both his recovery and his birthday on Valentine’s Day.

A Far North public health service says four people have died from melioidosis since New Year's Day and an investigation is ...

Clinical presentation of lactational breast abscess usually includes fever, chills, malaise, and recent or recurrent mastitis. Pain, erythema, and firmness over an area of the breast are typically ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer It all started back in the spring of 2018 with a painful bump in my armpit. Confused, scared, ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...

Since January 2024, dozens of tuberculosis cases have been found around Kansas City. TB may seem like a disease of the ...

A handful of pets are up for adoption at Valley shelters. To check the status of a specific animal, please contact the ...

An abscess is a pocket of pus and bacteria that ... with a rubber-like material called gutta-percha. Once the tooth has healed, a dentist restores it with a crown or a permanent filling to prevent ...