Intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin G is an efficient and safe method of administering penicillin to large groups of men. When its use is indicated the allergic reactions are not a ...

Patients on injectable prophylaxis with benzathine penicillin had fewer streptococcal infections and recurrences of rheumatic fever than even the group judged to be on good oral prophylaxis.

Protozoal Infections T. vaginalis T. vaginalis is a flagellated protozoan. Women may experience offensive discharge, dysuria and vulval irritation but may also be asymptomatic. Infection in ...

Treating even common STIs in pregnant women could pose extra challenges for the clinician. This new study explains.

Medicare should cover epidural steroid injections to relieve spinal pain caused by certain conditions lasting at least 4 weeks despite other treatment.

South Carolina man Stephen Stanko died by lethal injection on June 13. Stanko was convicted of killing his friend and girlfriend in April 2005, and also sexually assaulted his girlfriend's daughter.

Penicillin became the most effective life-saving drug in the world, conquering diseases such as tuberculosis, gangrene, pneumonia, diphtheria, and scarlet fever and made Alexander Fleming an ...

Meningiomas are slow-growing tumors that are usually benign but can cause severe injury or death if they become large enough to compress the brain or spinal cord.

An intramuscular injection is a technique used to deliver a medication deep into the muscles. This allows the medication to be absorbed quickly. Learn more.

Death row inmate Stephen Stanko was executed by lethal injection. He initially chose firing squad but changed his mind after Mikal Mahdi's April execution.

The legal action follows a 2024 French study that found that the use of medroxyprogesterone renders a woman five times more likely to develop a meningioma brain tumor.