Patients with rheumatic heart disease who took the heart failure drug digoxin were 18% less likely to die or experience ...

Rheumatic fever represents an autoimmune disease following infection with group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), one of the most ubiquitous human pathogens. The disease is characterized by ...

SUVA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Fiji has revised its national policy on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in an effort to prevent young Fijians from dying from a preventable disease. Head o ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) prophylaxis refers to preventive measures that a doctor may take to stop a recurrence of ARF. These measures involve administering antibiotics to prevent infection. ARF is ...

Though rare in the United States, it primarily impacts children ages 5 to 15 with untreated or undertreated strep throat ...

Research has uncovered strong evidence that household overcrowding is a major risk factor for acute rheumatic fever and streptococcal infections of the skin. Research led by the University of Otago in ...

Cure Kids' annual report finds rates of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease have increased to pre-pandemic levels. It also revealed hospitalisation rates for acute respiratory conditions in ...

Despite being eliminated in almost all other first world nations, rates are increasing in Australia, particularly among ...

ACCORDING to an article in the September issue of the Statistical Bulletin of New York, war conditions generally favour an increase of rheumatic fever in the armed forces. This was seen not only in ...

UNLIKE certain other common diseases of childhood, rheumatic fever leaves no known immunity and seems to create an increased susceptibility to recurrent attacks. The effects of these recurrent attacks ...

Actor Bill Paxton opened up about a childhood bout with rheumatic fever weeks before he died, saying the illness left him with heart damage. The “Twister” star died at 61 on Saturday after ...