He thought he just had blisters from a hike. He had flesh-eating bacteria and nearly died.

Wayne Atkins thought little of the blisters he had gotten while hiking. He was trekking up and down the 4,500-foot-high Mount Garfield in New Hampshire — a 10-mile round trip — and blisters were no surprise. He was in the Granite State for a family member's early June wedding, which went off without a hitch, even […]Related:Nutrition science isn’t broken, it’s just wicked hardCoffee with Viagra-like ingredient recalled after FDA discoveryMost female homicide victims are killed by husbands or other intimate partners, new report shows

Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - July 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news