Tuberculosis has come under the spotlight in Malaysia recently, with reports of 10 active TB clusters in the country. In the ...

Stomach TB: TB can occur in the stomach as well as in the lungs. It occurs due to the spread of bacteria of lung TB. According to information, it can be more dangerous than lung TB. Because it is not ...

Tuberculosis has plagued humanity for thousands of years, and despite medical advances that can now help us prevent and cure it, the ancient bacterial disease still claims more human lives per year ...

A history of tuberculosis (TB) and a history of chronic bronchitis were associated with an increased risk for lung cancer in individuals who had never smoked, whereas asthma had a positive, ...

Researchers used 6MWD to assess the association between physical function and the effectiveness of ART and anti-tubercular therapy in patients with HIV/TB co-infection. In patients with TB/HIV, higher ...

An outbreak of the lung disease, which has been traced to an unnamed hotel, has left 1 dead and 9 hospitalized Getty The city of Long Beach, Calif., has declared a public health emergency following a ...

Nearly half of lung cancer patients die after being misdiagnosed with tuberculosis. Many clinicians, research has revealed, put patients with these symptoms; coughing, weight loss and shortness of ...

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a key enzyme responsible for destroying lung tissue in tuberculosis (TB) and say the finding could lead swiftly to new treatments for the highly ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, investigators ...

There were an estimated 490,000 new cases of drug-resistant TB in 2016. Tuberculosis, a lung disease most often transmitted by breathing infected particles in the air, is the ninth leading cause of ...

Malaysia has a new national plan to tackle cancer, tuberculosis, and chronic respiratory conditions in a single approach. Jacqui Thornton reports.