"It was bizarre because I had no pain or swelling in my mouth to tell me there was something wrong," Graham Bell said of his cracked tooth Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Many patients, unfortunately, make avoidable mistakes—delaying care, self-treating with ineffective remedies, skipping follow-ups, misusing antibiotics, or not managing chronic illnesses like diabetes ...

A year after the tragic drowning of three civil services aspirants in a flooded basement library in Old Rajendra Nagar, Delhi, the area grapples with the aftermath. The incident led to the closure of ...

A brain abscess is a localized collection of pus in the brain, often resulting from infections in nearby areas like the sinuses or ears. The classic triad of symptoms—fever, headache, and focal ...

Millions of people are affected by chronic dry mouth, or xerostomia, an agonizing side effect of damaged salivary glands. Currently, there is no cure for it. Researchers have established the world's ...

A subareolar abscess is a lump that forms on the breast. This lump can be painful and include swelling. The bump is a collection of pus. Subareolar abscesses can be painful. They can make your breast ...

Cecil Coates enjoyed sitting on his front porch in Holden. Now, doing so is only a painful reminder of the swampy eyesore in front of his house. Ongoing problems with stormwater drainage have caused ...

Over a period of 3 weeks, just after the end-of-the-year holidays, three healthy siblings presented with swollen lymph nodes. The first was a 6-year-old girl who presented with an abscess of a lymph ...

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A pyogenic liver abscess is a collection of pus in the liver that forms when a bacterial infection reaches the organ. Without early diagnosis and treatment, a pyogenic liver abscess may lead to severe ...

STAPHYLOCOCCAL infections acquired in hospitals continue to present serious problems, particularly since strains of nosocomial origin are frequently resistant to virtually all antibiotics. During the ...