Buruli ulcer is a tropical disease caused by the environmental bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. The bacteria releases toxins that can destroy skin, blood vessels and subcutaneous tissue, resulting in ...

Necrotising fasciitis, also called the "flesh-eating disease", is a rare and life-threatening ... pale or blotchy skin, lips or tongue – on brown or black skin, this may be easier to see on ...

In a recent paper published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine described a new skin disease in a male patient with erythroderma, ...

But here Vicky Bendell tells how she contracted - and then beat - a flesh eating disease. Everytime I look ... symptoms of necrotising fasciitis. The skin around the left-hand side of my groin ...

Nutritional interventions at a community level may be the best way forward to both prevent and treat the "flesh-eating" skin infection Buruli ulcer in the fight against neglected tropical diseases ...

Contrary to some commonly held beliefs, current research shows that cutting out certain foods makes little difference in ...

Love them or hate them, it would seem spiders are definitely getting bigger and braver. Just take a look at the Spanish funnel-web spider, which was discovered at a nursery in West Sussex, UK ...

Dermatology researchers discover new skin disease using innovative diagnostic platform Date: February 24, 2025 Source: University of Maryland School of Medicine Summary: Researchers described a ...

The 2025 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting will take place March 7-11 in Orlando. The meeting will feature nearly 300 educational sessions with more than 1,700 speakers discussing the ...