MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – A connection between gut infections and developing dementia later in life is becoming clearer to researchers. “We were trying to understand an interesting looking sub-type ...

We often treat intestinal infections as an episode: a few days of symptoms, elimination of the pathogen, and recovery. In this view, the disease has a clear beginning and end. However, patient ...

Norovirus can strike suddenly, leaving you feeling nauseous and exhausted. Here's what to know if it hits you this winter.

Our guts are full of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and this gut microbiome has to stay properly imbalanced, or it can have a bad effect on our health. Scientists assessed the gut ...

A study of two large European patient cohorts has found that for every 10% increase in butyrate-producing bacteria in a patient's gut, the risk of hospitalization for any infection falls by between 14 ...

Doctors say recurring diarrhea, typhoid and stomach infections may not always be food-related. Contaminated water and poor ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Microbe, researchers investigated the association between gut microbiota composition and risk of infection-related hospitalization. Using 16S rRNA sequencing, ...

Although we often conceive of microorganisms — germs — as bad, the vast majority of them are not.

The circumstances surrounding a study on a deadly virus could hardly have been more dramatic. One of its first authors was forced to flee his homeland when it became a war zone. More than 2,000 ...