With an ageing population, and the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, now is the time to be worried about sepsis.
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A surprising number of people are catching pneumonia or urinary tract infections in hospital, a new Australian study shows for the first time.
Sepsis can maim or kill within hours. Here's how to identify the condition.
No mother wants their baby to develop jaundice, but it turns out that they should probably be grateful.
Former President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized for sepsis, which can be serious. Just what is this disease that accounts for one-third of all hospital deaths? A speed read explains the dangers.
Antimicrobial stewardship is proving effective, but we're not fully across what is happening.
Without leading edge innovations and coordination, Canadians will die from the epidemic of antibiotic resistant infections.
It's possible -- but rare -- for a lick from the family pup to transmit bacteria that can cause dangerous blood poisoning.
Boxer Muhammad Ali died of septic shock, after being admitted to the hospital for a respiratory problem. Despite the fact more than a million people are hospitalized with sepsis each year, fewer than half of Americans know what the word sepsis means.
Even though sepsis is growing more common, doctors still have trouble diagnosing it.
Sepsis claims the lives of 8m people worldwide each year. It is the leading cause of hospital deaths in the US, a major threat to soldiers wounded in battle and a killer of children, particularly in under-resourced…
Peptide molecules that are derived from the body’s own immune system can help fight against blood poisoning. Blood poisoning…
A study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National of Academy Sciences) shows that mice are poor models for human inflammatory diseases. The paper, which focused…
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Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
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Founding Director of the Wyss Institute, Harvard University
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