DEAR DR. ROACH: In December 2023, I had an open-heart aortic valve replacement. All went well, but then I contracted a staph infection. I had to have a second procedure to remove the top four sternal ...

University of Oregon researchers have tested a new combination drug therapy that could dismantle the difficult-to-treat ...

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Over 6.5 million Americans experience chronic wounds – wounds that do not heal after a few months. Almost all such wounds contain bacteria, which, if not detected and removed, can lead to severe ...

Adding small doses of a simple molecule called chlorate to standard antibiotics was found to be 10,000 times more effective at killing bacterial cells in chronic wounds than single-drug antibiotics.

Local doctors want to raise awareness about diabetes related complications that are often missed, especially wounds that are hard to heal. They say most diabetics do not treat their wounds effectively ...