Patients with sepsis face an increased risk of stroke or heart attack in the first four weeks after being discharged from the hospital, a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ...

"Real Housewives of Orange County" star Vicki Gunvalson, 62, is sharing her recent health scare after she was hospitalized with sepsis, a potentially deadly disease that results from the body’s ...

Though it is not discussed as often, readmissions from severe sepsis are along the lines of readmissions from more commonly discussed conditions like heart failure and pneumonia, according to a study ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition in which the body overreacts to an infection and starts attacking its own tissues and organs. Having a pre-existing health condition raises the risk of sepsis, ...

Neonatal sepsis remains a critical condition in intensive care, characterised by a systemic infection that can lead to rapid clinical deterioration in newborns. Early identification is vital, and ...

A McKinney man is still rocking out on the drums even though he lost a hand to a heart infection. Scott Grimsley, 36, and his wife Holly had been married for only six months in 2014 when Scott ...

Heart disease maintains its grim status as the number one killer of Americans, claiming more lives annually than cancer and accidental deaths, the second and third leading causes, combined. The ...

Findings highlight the importance of infection prevention measures and personalized heart failure care. A study funded by the National Institutes of Health has found that adults who were hospitalized ...

PATIENTS. SEPSIS IS A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY CAUSED BY THE BODY’S EXTREME REACTION TO INFECTION. UNLIKE A MORE SIMPLE INFECTION, IS DYSREGULATED AND AS A RESULT, CAN LEAD TO ORGAN DAMAGE. DOCTOR ...