During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Briar Blush revealed that she had undiagnosed pneumonia whilst filming which led to her collapse, and she was then hospitalised for sepsis.

When cells in the body die, they release DNA. This DNA, known as cell-free DNA (cfDNA), makes its way into the bloodstream where it gets chopped up by enzymes, and in minutes to hours, the liver pulls ...

Every year, sepsis kills an estimated 11 million people worldwide – that’s nearly one in five deaths globally. In the United States alone, it claims approximately 350,000 lives annually, more than ...

When most people think of dreaded diseases or conditions, cancer, heart disease or dementia usually top the list. But far fewer realize there’s a silent killer claiming hundreds of thousands of lives ...

The sepsis definition describes three elements: infection, the host response and life-threatening organ dysfunction. Diagnosis is made based on myriad signs and symptoms, and although infection ...

Bacteria Gram positive in sputum gram stain.red background. Both sepsis and bacteremia involve bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia generally is not a serious condition, but sepsis can be ...

A woman in the UK has shared her story of developing sepsis due to a habit of holding in her urine without using the bathroom for extended periods while working long hours. According to The Sun and ...

Mayo native Ciaran Staunton and his wife Orlaith have reached a his­toric mile­stone in their dec­ade-long cam­paign to reform Amer­ican health­care. Last week, the US House of Rep­res­ent­at­ives ...

In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among ...

Novant Health has achieved a more than 50% reduction in sepsis mortality across its hospitals since 2021, following coordinated efforts to improve early identification and treatment. The Winston-Salem ...