Painful lump near your tailbone? Fortis surgeon Dr Pankaj Sharma explains why you should not ignore it

Are you dealing with a painful lump in your tailbone region which makes it difficult to sit? Dr Sharma warns it could be a pilonidal sinus.

In 1921, a young Canadian doctor experimented with starving dogs; one dog's dramatic reaction helped lead to the discovery of insulin

In May 1921, Frederick Banting arrived at the University of Toronto with an idea about diabetes and little laboratory ...

Man hits deer with his car—a week later, gets shocking diagnosis

A man hit a deer with his car. A week later, he received a shocking diagnosis.
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Man Hit a Deer With His Car, Then Developed a Rare Bacterial Infection

Doctors eventually traced his facial abscesses and fever to tularemia, a rare infection likely spread through wounds ...

A Man Crashed His Car Into a Deer. Then He Mysteriously Became Sick.

During the accident, it seems the deer was first struck by another oncoming vehicle before crashing through the patient's ...

Man Crashed Into A Deer. Days Later, He Developed A Rare Infection

A 39-year-old man developed a rare bacterial infection after a deer crashed through his windscreen. Doctors eventually ...
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How to handle sudden dental pain

Sudden tooth pain can ruin your day and make it hard to eat or sleep. Many toothaches come from decay, infection, or a ...

ER doctors diagnosed a woman with terminal cancer. The real culprit started with a toothache.

After ER doctors misdiagnosed a great-grandmother with stage 4 cancer, a brilliant neurosurgeon stepped in and discovered the ...
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Gas Pain or Appendicitis? When Stomach Discomfort May Be More Serious

A sudden bout of gas, bloating, or stomach discomfort is common and is usually nothing serious. But sometimes, abdominal pain ...
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Seven ways Crohn’s Disease affects Black women differently

Photo courtesy of STOCK By BlackPressUSA Newswire A chronic inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease impacts millions of ...

Connecticut overdose deaths fell 45% since 2021. What changed?

In Connecticut, an estimated 836 people died from a drug overdose in 2025, a 15% decrease from the previous year and a 45% ...

‘Must I take all my antibiotics?’ Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding rule

A better way to cut down on unnecessary antibiotics use is for clinicians to be more mindful not to prescribe them unnecessarily – which many still do. A 2025 review of 412 studies showed that roughly ...