but is most often seen in the form of decubitus ulcers on frail, elderly, bedridden patients over bony prominences (e.g., hips, buttocks, pelvis). When a patient is unable to lessen that pressure ...

A Bath widow has shared the heartbreaking story of how she lost her husband due to a “gross failure to provide basic nursing care” at Bath ’s Royal United Hospital, as she calls for no-one else to ...

Possible causes of low blood pressure, or hypotension, range from dehydration to a heart condition. Drinking more water may help, but some people will need medication. Changing dietary habits may ...

Peptic ulcer disease is a common digestive disorder in which acid and digestive enzymes cause the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine (duodenum) to erode. A peptic ulcer ...

The footage, which captured the incident on 21 December, shows 31-year-old Piotr approaching a young woman from behind and hitting her butt before walking away nonchalantly. The woman, a Thai national ...

Bed sores – also known as pressure ulcers – develop when a patient’s skin is damaged from pressure in one spot continuously, due to a lack of movement. If left untreated they can become a ...

Nurses hoping to reduce the rate of pressure ulcers in their hospitals are using a mannequin and self-made fake wounds to help teach colleagues about spotting and treating tissue damage in their ...

Whenever I have a mouth ulcer, I find myself reminiscing back to the days that my mouth didn’t hurt. Those halcyon times when a cup of tea was comforting, not biting. When a packet of salt and ...

Artist Zeke Henry and his friends built an 8-foot-tall snow carving in the shape of a butt on the south lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. It's become a curiosity for passersby on Emanuel ...