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People with a phobia of needles may soon experience relief with an innovative blood sampling method inspired by leeches.

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A mucous membrane or mucosa is a membrane that lines various cavities in the body and covers the surface of internal organs. It consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells overlying a layer of ...

Leprosy may have been spread to humans in the Middle Ages by squirrels, as per researchers.After examining bones from red ...

After a viral video showed a woman getting molluscum from a wig, one doctor explains the skin condition and how to treat it.

Jack Osbourne opened up about his near-death experience when he was hospitalized with leptospirosis, a bacterial disease he ...

Dermatologists often evaluate and treat conditions involving the mucous membranes. This epithelium is present not only in the eye, mouth, and genitalia but also in the nasopharynx. Although ...

Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF ...

Leprosy is a chronic disease infectious between humans that attacks the skin, nerves and mucous membranes. Armadillos carry ...

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