Higher rates of childhood Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus (GAS)) infections following the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Pregnancy causes stress on the heart and circulatory system because the blood volume rises from 30% to 50%, which puts more ...

A RECENT review of the literature 1 and our own experience at the House of the Good Samaritan 2–5 suggest that early treatment of rheumatic fever with ACTH and cortisone may prevent or mitigate ...

In new research published today in PLOS ONE, we show that antimicrobial proteins isolated from oyster hemolymph (the ...

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) constitutes a leading cause of premature death and incapacity in Africa, where it is encountered in younger people, and shows a much faster and more serious course ...

The oral health of regional Queenslanders is not the only thing at risk for communities without access to fluoridated water, ...

It's often due to rheumatic fever, a complication of an untreated strep infection. Rheumatic fever is uncommon in the U.S. among people born after 1943. Tricuspid Valve Disease The tricuspid valve ...

ACUTE rheumatic fever, in the absence of intercurrent streptococcal respiratory infections and rheumatic recrudescences, is generally a self-limited disease that subsides within twelve weeks.

Superbugs that are resistant to existing antibiotics are a growing health problem around the world. Globally, nearly five million people die from ...

Raipur: The cardio surgery department of state-run Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital successfully performed a challenging open heart surgery on a .

Wright noted that children contract rheumatic fever - which can develop if illnesses like strep throat aren’t properly treated - at alarming rates in this area of sub-Sahara Africa, including ...

As reported by Rachel Thomas, relevant cabinet ministers, then Health Minister Shane Reti and Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey, along with Associate Health Minister Casey Costello, have ...