In the race to help the patient, every hour counts, so it is all the more important to know the signs in order to act quickly.Health experts have come up with four simple steps to help you avoid ...

Sepsis kills around 50,000 people every year in the UK, and takes more lives than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined worldwide. But what is this deadly condition that can overwhelm and kill ...

Sepsis is an illness that affects nearly 50 million people worldwide each year, with around 11 million deaths attributed to the condition. In the United States, at least 1.7 million adults in the US ...

Your immune system protects you by fighting off invaders such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. However, it’s possible for your immune system to overreact in a way that’s harmful to your body. This ...

Preventing sepsis begins with preventing infection, says the chief medical officer of Sepsis Alliance. In a typical year, more than 350,000 adult Americans die of sepsis—a number that could be lowered ...

Sepsis is one of many health challenges we can encounter as humans, but perhaps one we don’t speak about enough. At a minimum, 1.7 million American adults get sepsis yearly, according to the Centers ...

Sepsis, a common and potentially deadly complication to an infection, is the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals, accounting for 35% of in-hospital deaths. But as many as 87% of sepsis cases ...