Non-healing wounds may signal gangrene, a severe condition caused by tissue death due to poor oxygen and blood flow. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to prevent complications like amputations ...

Thalassery: A young man’s right hand had to be amputated following a severe infection caused by a fish bite while cleaning a ...

A 38-year-old dairy farmer from Kerala’s Kannur lost his right hand after a bacterial infection from a fish bite turned life-threatening, and the doctors had to amputate it.

March is associated with all things green, but one “green” thing you want to avoid is Gangrene. On today’s First Aid Friday, we looked at risks and how to clean wounds to avoid ...

Rajeesh, a dairy farmer from Madapeedika, said he was bitten by a fish, locally known ‘Kadu’, in early February. What initially seemed like a minor cut on his fingertip escalated into a ...

A newer class of diabetes drugs called sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors has been linked to a rare but ...