“Nerves are like the wires of the body,” Isaacs explains. “Nerves carry signals — signals from the brain to the muscles, ...

This ability may allow the bacteria to persist longer on hospital surfaces and inside medical devices—areas once assumed to ...

A common hospital bacterium can eat plastic in sutures and stents, making infections harder to control and medical gear ...

The common hospital-acquired, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection is known to cause infections in the blood, lungs and urinary tract after surgery. While symptoms can vary depending on the site ...

Before his death, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile clinic to assist the children of ...

Not only did ancient Greeks and Romans bundle up bunches of spider silk to serve as bandages; they also used silkworm silk as a suture material, thanks to its strength and slow breakdown in the body.

A dangerous hospital superbug has been found to digest plastic—specifically the kind used in some sutures, stents and ...

The siege has forced hospitals and medical centers in Gaza to ration medications such as painkillers, provide less effective ...

PCL is a plastic commonly used in drug-delivery patches, stents, surgical mesh, sutures and wound dressings ... feast—including such commonly used materials as polyethylene terephthalate ...

The initiative was personally entrusted by the pope to Caritas Jerusalem in the final months of his life to respond to the extremely serious humanitarian emergency in Gaza. The popemobile used by ...