diarrhea-causing factors in systemic infections might include direct invasion of gut epithelial cells by various pathogens, inflammation of the lamina propria and other layers of the intestinal ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

In its six-decade quest to return to its New York roots, the classic musical “Funny Girl” got used to the world raining on its parade. After an array of false starts and high-profile planned ...

A pun master, John King continues to create funny cartoons about fruits, veggies, and other everyday objects being mischievous under the name Fruit Gone Bad. John's comics explore how food or ...

It can also result from gastrointestinal infections like norovirus and rotavirus, or nerve injury. Around one-third of cases are idiopathic (of unknown origin). For this reason, there is no ...

Watching a really good movie is one of life's simple pleasures. But that 1.5 hour film you just enjoyed was anything but simple to make. It can take years to complete a feature length movie.

She's been seeing more and more people with the telltale signs of a Shigella infection, also known as shigellosis: diarrhea, stomach cramps and fever. Toronto has an outbreak of 11 confirmed ...

There is still a lot that's unknown about the gut microbiome, but recent studies suggest probiotics alone may not be enough to protect from infection ... and lower your risk of gastrointestinal ...

It's very contagious and it has a “shell” (capsid) surrounding the virus structure. It is the most common cause of gastrointestinal infections in adults worldwide – including U.S. and Canada. Most ...

It is the most common cause of gastrointestinal infections in adults worldwide—including the U.S. and Canada. Most infected individuals will have diarrhea, which typically lasts one to three days.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in ...