Every square centimetre of your skin is teeming with life. While this might sound unsettling, these microscopic inhabitants – ...

A team of researchers has found that the microflora of bacteria within the gut of humans could be a contributor to the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The study titled, "Altered ...

Researchers at Umeå University have for the first time been able to show that individual variation in susceptibility to infection and bacterial flora together explain recurrent caries disease and that ...

Charles Rathmann never thought of himself as a model for American manhood, but when it comes to the bugs on his body, he is. The 40-year-old St. Louis research director is among 242 volunteers whose ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a picture in my office of my dad when he ...

Did you think that the sugar in soft drinks "only" gave you cavities or a few extra pounds? According to a study relayed by Slate, the reality is a little more surprising: refined sugar can modify the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the normal fecal bacterial and fungal flora and parasite prevalence in wild passerine birds found ...