Bad kitty: Cat bites can cause nasty infections. Three in 10 patients seeking treatment for hand bites were hospitalized, study finds ...

With temperatures soaring over the past few weeks, many of us have been spending more time outdoors, making the most of the warm weather. But while barbecues and picnics are summer highlights, all ...

A dad has set out a warning after his partner was left seriously injured in a fall when she fainted due to a mosquito bite ...

"The bites lead to serious infections that can require multiple hospitalizations, antibiotics and sometimes surgery," Carlsen said. Just how bad can a cat bite be?

When you bite your nails, those bacteria end up in your mouth and gut, where they can cause gastro-intestinal infections that lead to diarrhea and abdominal pain.

Biting your nails might seem like a minor bad habit — we all know ragged nails don't look as nice as neatly trimmed or manicured ones. It's also rather common; research shows that half of all ...

A scratch that causes an infection can be bad, especially for people who are immunocompromised or have conditions like diabetes. Cat Bite/Scratch Symptoms Infection is the result of cat bites that ...

That's No Spider Bite: Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections Now Very Common. By ABC News. August 16, 2006, 1:20 PM. ... and that's bad news in the fight against antibiotic resistance. ...

First, a truth: Brown recluse bites can be bad. "They are a potentially dangerous spider," said Vetter, who has spent decades studying the brown spiders . “They’re not harmless,” he says.

A Perth woman who contracted an “extremely rare bacterial infection” from a dog bite that placed her into an induced coma has tragically died. Tracy Ridout, a 53-year-old mother-of-two from ...