Bed sores and gangrene are two such illnesses, connected by compromised circulation and tissue destruction but distinct in origin, development, and treatment. This article delves into each of these ...

Sir Winston Churchill became increasingly frustrated Britain had not been able to produce enough penicillin in preparation for the Normandy landings.

UAB is home to four hyperbaric chambers. Primary diagnoses for hyperbaric therapy include compromised grafts and flaps, radiation tissue damage, problem wounds, osteomyelitis, gas gangrene, ...

Tissue gas due to bacterial growth implies a serious infection, and in the case of gas gangrene such an infection may be rapidly fatal. However, most nonbacterial causes of tissue gas are not ...

Clostridial myositis, also known as gas gangrene, malignant edema, or clostridial myonecrosis, is an infection of skeletal muscle by any of several Clostridium species.Pathogenic bacteria within the ...

Diagnosed with gas gangrene, requiring immediate amputation Health officials caution against infections from muddy water A 38-year-old dairy farmer in Kerala’s Kannur district had to undergo ...

In Kozhikode, Rajeesh was diagnosed with gas gangrene, a rare bacterial infection affecting only 1 in 100,000 individuals. Gas gangrene is a life-threatening infection caused by Clostridium bacteria, ...

How Alabama's first nitrogen gas execution transpired 04:19. A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson died days after a March date was ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood, a spiritual advisor for death row inmates and anti-death penalty activist, was a witness to the first nitrogen gas execution in the United States − that of Kenny Eugene Smith ...

Gas gangrene describes a situation where bacteria from muscle or soft tissue which has been damaged or traumatised, then invades healthy adjacent muscle. The infection originates in a wound ...

Troy — Authorities are trying to determine what caused a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at a Troy medical facility to explode on Friday morning, killing a 5-year-old boy who was inside.. First ...