Spinal infections after spinal surgeries are important complications that increase morbidity and even mortality, besides their economic and social impact 1 – 3. Infections may lead to osteomyelitis, ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Colossoma macropomum (tambaqui) is a native Serrasalmidae of Amazon with a omnivorous natural diet (Soares et al., 2008), a characteristic that enables intensive rearing, since this species has ...

Lake Manly hasn’t been a permanent fixture in Death Valley since the Ice Age, but recently, it has reappeared. Record rainfall at the California site has allowed enough water to collect in the ancient ...

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...

Throughout English-speaking history, up until about 50 years ago, there had always been men famous in their day for writing beautiful poetry, from William Shakespeare, to Lord Byron, to Robert Frost.

Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep sat in eastern California in what is now the Mojave Desert. As the climate warmed and ...

Viral sinus infections can be contagious and usually last seven to 10 days. Bacterial sinus infections typically are not contagious and may need antibiotics. Stay home if you have a fever and wait ...