TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A 12-year-old girl has died and seven other children were sickened after a suspected outbreak of a rare foodborne illness in northern France. Before getting sick, French officials say, all of the children had eaten meat products from two butcher shops (boucheries) inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A fecal transplant performs as well as antibiotics in treating people with a bacterial infection that can cause life-threatening diarrhea, a new study says. People who received a single fecal transplant via enema recovered slightly better from a Clostridioides difficile infection than those whoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When Chris Williams started feeling sharp stomach pain one night in 2021, he went straight to the emergency room. The next morning, he had surgery to remove his appendix. But that wasn’t the end of his health scare. A few days later, doctorsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — CT scans might be able to prevent more colon cancers than stool DNA tests, a new study says. CT colonography performed every three to five years could ward off more cases of cancer than DNA testing of stool to look for evidence ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Many folks with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are turning to TikTok for advice, but they aren’t likely to receive useful and accurate information, a new study says. Analysis of 86 top IBD videos with a combined 235 million views found low factual quality,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pepto Bismol is a go-to stomach remedy, but a new study suggests it might not help prevent diarrhea during international travel. The study, led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that people who took bismuth subsalicylate — theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients with diverticulitis often try to control the digestive condition by cutting nuts, seeds and popcorn out of their daily diet. But that’s not necessary, a new study has found. Nuts and seeds do not increase the risk of diverticulitis, according to findingsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 — A Kaiser Permanente colon cancer screening initiative put a huge dent in cancer cases and deaths over two decades, a new study says. The systematic outreach program doubled colon cancer screening rates, researchers are scheduled to report at the upcoming Digestive Disease Week meeting inContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Colonoscopy for younger adults. Chest CT scans for lung cancer. Statin meds to lower cholesterol. Screening for drug addiction. More than 150 million Americans might lose no-cost access to these and other preventive care services under a case being heard Monday at theContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Natural disasters fueled by climate change might wind up increasing cancer deaths, a new study suggests. Rates of colon cancer diagnoses dropped during and after Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico two weeks apart, as well as during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchersContinue Reading