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One in 5 older adults develop infections up to six months after heart surgery, and women are more likely to experience infections. Black people experience higher rates of infections compared to white ...

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In complicated appendicitis cases, routine post-operative antibiotics did not help reduce infections in a recent study conducted at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Olive View-UCLA ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On stage at OSN New York, experts discussed several unique corneal cases. These cases included a fungal ...

While IL-6 and CRP rise early after lung cancer surgery, new research shows their added value for infection prediction remains small, highlighting the need for better early-warning tools. Does ...