New research finds depleted bacteria in the intestines of people with ulcerative colitis. The finding suggests supplements could ease the condition.
A 550-million-year-old fossilized digestive tract could shed light on the early history of animals on Earth and a key moment in evolution.
Altering the microbiota may be a way to stave off chronic inflammatory diseases that affect the digestive tract, including IBD and Crohn's disease.
Conventional culture-based lab tests may misdiagnose as many as half of the microbial causes of diarrhea diseases in children
New guidelines for how to handle patients with an upper GI bleed could lift the burden on busy emergency rooms, say researchers.
Why do we crave more sugar after having some? In this video, an expert explains how the connection between our gut and brain plays a role.
New findings outline a set of molecular signs that indicate a person has—or is at risk for—potentially dangerous diarrhea from C. difficile.
Pools are a common source of Shigella bacteria, which can cause severe diarrhea. Whole genome sequencing could help track outbreaks faster.
"Metabolic acidosis is common, harmful, and must be treated to help spare patients the untoward consequences of chronic kidney disease."
"We now have a way to cultivate it, propagate it, modify its genes, and start figuring out how it causes disease in children."
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