As the nature of bees suggests, good and bad mingle. Painful stings, but beautiful pollination that boosts crops. The enzyme and main allergen, phospholipase A2, causes swelling and cell damage, but ...

Vibrio vulnificus, also known as “flesh-eating” bacteria, has infected 11 people in Florida this summer, and so far, killing ...

Dr. Sean McNally said one seemingly minor procedure can actually lead to serious complications — that are really tough to fix ...

You might guess a spider. And a gator. But a snail? That and others make up the 10 deadliest creatures found in Louisiana, ...

A 69-year-old woman presented with a large, deep area of skin necrosis on the right breast. One month earlier, the patient had undergone a surgical treatment for a frontal-parietal meningioma. A ...

This unexpected side effect is often described as a musty or sour smell, according to South Shore Plastic Surgery. The team ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, or Snake Island, near Sao Paulo, Brazil, is very dangerous. Thousands of venomous golden lancehead ...

Authors’ Disclosures of Potential Conflicts of Interest Skin Necrosis After Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine Extravasation The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this ...

Xylazine or "tranq" wounds—characterized by deep pockets of dead tissue—have become increasingly visible in Philadelphia among people who use drugs.

Xylazine can do major damage to the human body, including leaving drug users with severe skin ulcers, soft-tissue wounds and necrosis – sometimes described as rotting skin - that can lead to ...

Study identifies novel mechanism for tissue repair in wake of cell death Researchers have characterised how dying, or necrotic, cells contribute to the body’s regeneration process, with ...

Discussion Skin necrosis is an uncommon side effect of warfarin therapy, observed for the first time in 1943. [1] Investigators described breast necrosis in a 49-year-old woman taking warfarin ...