NASCAR legend Kyle Busch's cause of death, at the age of only 41, was disturbing. His family released an update revealing ...

Kyle Busch's cause of death was severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, his family says, after the two-time NASCAR Cup ...

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Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch died May 21 after severe pneumonia led to sepsis, his family announced.

Kyle Busch died of severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, the Busch family said in a statement.

Consider sepsis an invisible threat. It kills about 350,000 Americans a year and may cause nearly one-fifth of deaths ...

A new blood test could quickly diagnose those at risk of sepsis and bring a 'paradigm shift' in treatment, according to early results from a clinical trial. The "low–cost" test takes just 45 minutes ...

The body’s extreme reaction to an infection is a life threatening condition known as sepsis. It can lead to low blood sugars (hypoglycemia) and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). This condition can ...

“We actually found a new particle in the human body that had never been described before,” explained Alex Marki, MD, an instructor at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI). “That’s not something ...

In a potential paradigm change for sepsis diagnostics, a new test predicted sepsis soon after infection in mice - well before blood clotting and organ failure - enabling early antibiotic treatment and ...

In a potential paradigm change for sepsis diagnostics, a new test predicted sepsis soon after infection in mice -- well before blood clotting and organ failure -- enabling early antibiotic treatment ...

Scientists show that when a molecule known as c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) becomes active in sepsis, it increases the production of a protein called B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) -- the more BNP ...