WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s a little known health condition that can become a nightmare: Regular and sudden episodes of intense nausea and vomiting. Now, new clinical guidance urges people to take notes and speak up if they think they have the condition, known as cyclic vomitingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most salmonella outbreaks linked to poultry are caused by just a few strains of the diarrhea-causing bacteria, a new study finds. There are more than 2,600 different types of salmonella bacteria, but only three strains are most likely to cause illness in humans,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, July 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Being regular is good for you, a new study shows. Predictable bowel movements could be tied to your long-term health, allowing your body to absorb essential nutrients without producing harmful organ-damaging toxins, researchers found. The “Goldilocks zone” of bowel movement frequency, once orContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new “microrobot” pill may help tame inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study in mice suggests. The pill significantly reduced IBD symptoms in mice and promoted the healing of damaged colon tissue without toxic side effects, researchers reported June 26 in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The long-standing advice is that everyone should get more fiber in their diet, but a new study suggests some benefit more than others. A person’s gut microbiome appears to have some influence over the benefits a person derives from dietary fiber, researchers reportContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The bacteria colonizing your bowels play a key part in your risk for infection, new research shows. A study of more than 600 people hospitalized with infections found their microbiomes had fewer bacteria that were able to produce a beneficial fatty acid calledContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dads appear to make a small but important contribution to a newborn baby’s gut health, a new study discovers. Many microbes found in babies throughout their first year of life originate in the father rather than the mother, researchers report June 12 inContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sipped from porcelain cups amid the music of Mozart and periwigs of the 1700s, tea was introduced to England and began its quiet work saving thousands of lives, new research confirms. It wasn’t the leaves that kept tea drinkers out of danger: ItContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New, real-world research confirms that the blockbuster weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans have been taking to shed pounds can trigger stomach paralysis in some patients. “Although these drugs do work and should be used for the right reason, we just want toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People taking heartburn meds have a higher risk of migraines and other types of severe headaches, a new study warns. All classes of acid-reducing drugs — proton pump inhibitors, H2 blockers, and even antacids — appear to promote an increased risk of migraineContinue Reading