Halle Hizer, 20, was on vacation in Greece when a bug bite turned into a painful abscess, requiring surgery back at home Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...

Medically reviewed by Sukaina Hasnie, MD Key Takeaways A lump behind the ear can be caused by swollen lymph nodes, which are common and usually harmless.Most lumps behind the ear are benign and can be ...

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Researchers have examined the records of 87 patients admitted to hospital with brain abscesses, and found that the 52 patients for whom no cause had been found were about three times as likely to have ...

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Last year the CDC investigated a cluster of brain abscesses among children that occured in Nevada. One area reported 18 brain abscesses in kids last year — more than four times the usual amount.