Cyclospora had quite the summer. The parasite was linked to an outbreak involving iceberg lettuce that sickened people with a ...

A fast-food diner who ended up in the emergency room with explosive diarrhea said he can only pin it down to a new menu item he ordered at Taco Bell — as officials have been forced to start over ...

As a Cyclospora outbreak continues to sicken thousands of people across the country, one patient who contracted the parasite told Newsweek the symptom that affected him most wasn’t the explosive ...

For those experiencing paradoxical diarrhea, the body sends confusing signals that can leave both patients and healthcare providers perplexed. This unusual digestive condition creates a seemingly ...

More than 10 urgent visits to the bathroom a day due to diarrhea can make it virtually impossible to lead a normal life. But new research can help doctors diagnose bile acid diarrhea and find the ...

Healthcare providers’ assumptions about patient preferences drive underutilization of lifesaving oral hydration salts (ORS) in treating childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), ...

An opportunistic bacterial infection that causes deadly diarrhea is more likely to kill white patients than Black or Hispanic people, a new study presented at IDWeek says. About 84% of deaths caused ...

Persistent diarrhea can occur for any number of reasons. One of them is ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic disease affecting the large intestine. Fortunately, it is also treatable -- most people ...

Most people have at some point in their life suffered an intestinal infection or food poisoning forcing them to stay close to the bathroom. It is very uncomfortable. Most of the time, though, it ...