DEBILITATING'  An antibiotic commonly prescribed by dentists carries a serious, sometimes fatal, risk that many patients say they were never told about.

One Ottawa hospital is buffing up its cleaning staff to prepare for any oncoming spread of C. difficile after recent outbreaks in Kingston and Niagara. Currently dealing with four cases of the ...

Tebipenem pivoxil becomes the only FDA-approved oral carbapenem for complicated UTIs/pyelonephritis in adults lacking viable ...

Upset stomach, diarrhea after taking antibiotics? Did you make a mental note to not take that medication again, tell your ...

Antibiotics can save lives, but they may also disrupt the balance of beneficial bacteria in your gut. Learn how antibiotics affect the gut microbiome, why digestive side effects can occur, how long ...

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Probiotic supplements found in drugstores nationwide contain an assortment of microbes sold for specific health purposes ...

Probiotic supplements found in drugstores nationwide contain an assortment of microbes sold for specific health purposes despite limited understanding of the microbes' connections to their marketed ...

The colon is about one and a half meters long and plays a vital role in moving waste through the body. In rare cases, it can become so stretched that it begins to lose its ability to work properly, ...

Since he was a child, one thing Bud Cauley’s father always taught him was: ‘Don’t stop running. ’ With that in mind, he joined one of the handful of players, like Tiger Woods, to get into the PGA Tour ...

A simplified 2-dose regimen of an investigational Clostridioides difficile vaccine fails to demonstrate immunologic noninferiority compared with a 3-dose regimen among older adults at increased risk ...

David Hill has been an honorary member of the UNC baseball team for three years after he was connected through the children's ...