Diarrhea News

Things are getting back to normal at the Seymour Middle School Sixth-Grade Center after a gastrointestinal illness forced the school to close Friday.

Mr. Magoo, the white standard poodle, was adopted by his current owners at two years of age.

Dear Dr. Gott: I'm sending you information on bilberry, which helped the World War II airmen flying their planes at night.

Pregnancy Look back to see when the female's last menstrual cycle was. It is possible that the nausea and vomiting are due to a pregnancy.

Author affiliations: National Public Health Institute, Rome, Italy ; and Presidio Ospedaliero, Treviso, Italy To the Editor: Shigellosis is a cause of infectious dysentery frequently occurring in developing countries yet usually associated with diarrhea in travelers from regions where Shigella infections are endemic.

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem.

There are many products in our households that can be toxic to our pets and our children.

Q: What is salmonella or salmonellosis? A: Salmonellosis is an infection with a bacteria called salmonella.

Diarrhea still claims the lives of 1.5 million children under the age of five a year, UN agencies warned Wednesday, as they launched a new campaign against the ailment.

More than One Billion People Hungry: U.N. Stents Tested for Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Each year, diarrhea kills 1.5 million children under the age of 5, even though there are inexpensive and effective treatments available for this common ...

Diarrhea causes one in five child deaths across the world but getting important vaccines to Africa and Asia could help save many lives, two U.N. agencies said on Wednesday.

They examined the implementation of current treatment guidelines and found that few countries are equipped to quickly adapt policies, and many struggle to develop and maintain the recommended supplies.

A few recommendations for anyone travelling to East Africa: Take the following: Visine for your eyes - they get very dry and dusty.

Despite evidence that low-cost diarrhea treatments such as lower osmolarity oral rehydration salts and zinc supplements could drastically reduce the number of deaths among children, little progress has been made in implementing these life-saving techniques, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

By Zulkiple Ibrahim KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 -- This writer spent the recent 1st of Syawal at a Felda settlement in Triang, Pahang.

Potassium is one of the most important minerals for regulating bodily functions.

Salix Pharmaceuticals is teaming up with an Indian firm to develop an extended release version of its traveler's diarrhea drug rifaximin that is sold under the name Xifaxan.

I am an 88-year-old female who has had for a few years now. I have to wear a special absorbent undergarment whenever I leave the house.

The world knows how the Philippines is now suffering as a consequence of typhoon "Ondoy" that ravished the country.

Dear Dr. Gott: Please help me. I am an 88-year-old woman who has had irritable bowel syndrome for a few years.