but the health care experts at Merck note that the most common infections cause no serious problems. Despite that, expecting mothers and women hoping to become pregnant may still seek ways to ...

Treatment may depend on the cause. A sinus infection, also known as sinusitis or rhinosinusitis, occurs when your nasal cavities become swollen and inflamed. Fluid buildup in the sinuses can allow ...

Ben's parents Allyn and Jenny have said they would not have cremated their son if they knew there were questions over his ...

Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to ...

Incontinence The loss of bowel or bladder control. Urinary incontinence can range from a small leak to full loss of control. UTIs can irritate the bladder and cause incontinence that resolves after ...

S cientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered how a viral infection causes autoimmune disease, disproving a long-standing theory and opening a promising new approach to ...

Other possibilities include that serious infections cause genetic or biological changes that lay dormant after hospitalization but emerge later in life to cause heart failure, he said. Other ...

The research, which tracked over 14,000 people for more than two decades, does not prove that infections cause heart failure, but it does show a strong link that experts believe is worth paying ...

"This discovery fundamentally changes our understanding of how infections can cause autoimmune conditions," says Professor Chris Goodnow, Head of the Immunogenomics Lab at Garvan and the study's ...

Yeast infections on the scalp are caused by an overgrowth of fungal organisms. Candida is the yeast that most often infects the scalp. The problem can also be caused by Malassezia, a yeast that often ...

Sinusitis, or a sinus infection, can cause a stuffy or runny nose, a decreased sense of smell, and other symptoms. You can usually manage the symptoms at home with a decongestant. The sinuses are ...