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Why Your Pinky Toenail Is So Tiny (Your Shoes Aren't Helping)

The Pinky Toenail Is Evolution’s Leftover If you’ve ever stared at your tiny, barely-there pinky toenail and wondered why it ...

Nanostructured coatings physically puncture bacteria to prevent biofilm formation

Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or in catheters. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden ...
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Deadly fungus makes sick frogs jump far, possibly to find mates

Chytrid fungus is a scourge to global amphibian populations, but before it kills some frogs, it can produce symptoms that may ...

Woman Goes Through 6 Surgeries After Infection From Routine Manicure: ‘They Had To Amputate...’

The woman developed sepsis soon after coming in contact with unhygienic tools during her manicure procedure at the salon.

Claudia just wanted a fancy manicure - but surgeons had to AMPUTATE her thumb as she fought for life in intensive care when it all went horribly wrong

Claudia Ruffin had booked in for a manicure in ritzy Double Bay, wanting 'cute nails', but within hours she was struggling to ...

Sydney Woman Loses Part Of Finger, Undergoes 6 Surgeries After Routine Manicure Leads To Sepsis

Over the course of several weeks, she underwent six surgeries, received 48 stitches, had one skin graft, and was in and out ...

The ‘turbocharged’ itchy fungus thriving in groins across the UK

But there’s one infection we’re betting you haven’t heard of which is sweeping the UK, and it affects your groin and bottom.