Berries of all kinds are a delicious and healthy part of any diet. Now, researchers in Finland have shown that these fruits ...

HONEY Medical honey fights infection, helps form a protective barrier, and moistens wounds. There are many ... suggests that oregano oil has an antibiotic effect, likely due to a compound called ...

The antibiotic – which he'd never taken before – has been around since the 1960s and has been taken by tens of millions of people globally for everything from chest infections and acne to ...

Some supermarkets are failing to check whether imported food they sell has been produced with routine antibiotic use – a ...

a urine culture can help your doctor decide the best antibiotic or combination of antibiotics to fight your infection. Even a healthy urinary tract can host a variety of bacteria, but this doesn ...

The same qualities that make placentas so valuable during pregnancy make them profoundly useful for healing burns and wounds, ...

Biofilms—slimy communities of bacteria—grow on all sorts of surfaces: from glaciers and hot springs to plant roots, your ...

Getty Images Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RDReviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Antibiotics can be helpful for those fighting off an infection. But they are commonly ...

After Kristin Moya Polanco discovered a golf-ball-size lump in her breast, a lethal bacteria left her untreatable while the cancer continued to spread. Read her story here.

THERE are millions of Brits living with type 2 diabetes, a common condition caused by persistently high blood sugar levels. It’s important to manage the condition to prevent long-term damage ...