Most had had previous episodes of rheumatic fever. We found that using long-term antibiotics (either injected into the muscle every month or taken as a tablet every day) compared with no antibiotic ...

Parents with young children have been warned to remain on high alert for a health condition that could cause kids to develop ...

While it can be easily treated with antibiotics, it can be dangerous if left untreated and some symptoms can mimic common illnesses like a cold or flu. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued ...

UCLA researchers demonstrated that a novel topical BRAF inhibitor gel called LUT014 significantly reduces the severity of an acne-like rash, a common and painful side effect experienced by ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a condition in which rheumatic fever has permanently damaged the heart valves, causing symptoms of shortness of breath, chest pain and swelling.

Rheumatic heart disease is a condition in which rheumatic fever has permanently damaged the heart valves, causing symptoms of shortness of breath, chest pain and swelling.

Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that affects connective tissues, including in the heart, joints, skin or brain, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Though rare in the U.S., it primarily ...

UNLIKE certain other common diseases of childhood, rheumatic fever leaves no known immunity and seems to create an increased susceptibility to recurrent attacks. The effects of these recurrent atta ...

A new skin test called Spherusol can detect whether a person has overcome valley fever before.

Painful monthly penicillin injections could be a thing of the past with Griffith University researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the University of New England, investigating the benefits ...

RHEUMATIC fever has been generally regarded as a disease principally affecting children, and its occurrence in adults has as a consequence been more or less ignored. The high incidence of this dise ...