Although rare, FG may be associated with significant risk for morbidity and mortality especially if recognition and treatment are delayed, which is common due to ambiguous history and physical ...

As documented in a new report published in the South African Medical Journal, doctors at Grey's Hospital in South Africa have treated 44 patients in five years who all mysteriously have the same ...

Scientists have warned that a diabetes drug could increase the risk of developing a potentially fatal gangrene which causes the genitals to rot away. The researchers looked at the side effects of ...

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In August 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a warning about Fournier gangrene (FG) to the labels of all SGLT2 inhibitors, used to treat type 2 diabetes. And as reported by Medscape ...

A new study urges doctors to look for signs of a rare, potentially fatal genital infection in patients taking certain diabetes drugs. The infection, a necrotizing fasciitis, is commonly called ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. For men with type 2 diabetes, the small increased risk ...

A 43-year-old Panama man was the focus of a recent case report that detailed a rare condition that caused his testicles to swell to an enormous size. The man, who was not identified in the report ...

When practical pressures mount and you’re not completely blameless, mediation may be the best way out of a mess. Dr. V, 42, opened his own urology practice after several years of working in a large ...

Fournier gangrene destroys infected genital tissue after quickly spreading between the genitals and posterior, according to the FDA, which called it "extremely rare but life-threatening." The FDA ...