More Digestive Health News

• Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men

  November 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women may have a harder time prepping for colonoscopy than ...

• Peppermint Oil, Fiber Can Fight Irritable Bowel

  November 13 (HealthDay News) -- For some patients, the best therapy for irritable bowel syndrome ...

• Coated Stents Best for Heart Patients with Diabetes

  November 10 (HealthDay News) -- Drug-coated stents appear to be superior to bare metal stents ...

• Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Dry Dog Food Continues

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Eight more cases of people becoming infected with salmonella traced ...

• New Imaging Identifies Types of Liver Disease

  November 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging technology called magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is ...

• Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major illnesses among Americans age 65 and ...

• Red Meat Helps Spur a Food Poison Germ

  October 29 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have found a bacterium that causes food ...

• Standard Hepatitis C Treatment Cost-Effective for Prisoners

  October 23 (HealthDay News) -- Using the standard drug therapy of pegylated-interferon and ribavirin would ...

• Intestinal Bacteria Trigger Immune Response

  October 23 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified specific types of bacteria in the intestine ...

• One-Quarter of Biologic Drugs Have Had Safety Issues

  October 21 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that almost one-quarter of biologic therapies approved ...

• Red Wine Compound May Slow Drinking-Linked Liver Condition

  October 17 (HealthDay News) -- The accumulation of fat in the liver caused by chronic ...

• IBD, Liver Disease Patients Show Vitamin D Deficits

  October 14 (HealthDay News) -- People with inflammatory bowel disease or chronic liver disease may ...

• Liver Transplant Patients at Higher Cancer Risk

  October 10 (HealthDay News) -- Liver transplant patients have a higher incidence of cancer than ...

• Antibiotics May Not Cause Diarrheal Bacteria

  October 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new study questions the commonly held belief that intestinal ...

• Infliximab-Based Treatment Effective for Crohn's Patients

  October 9 (HealthDay News) -- Infliximab (Remicade) alone or in combination with azathioprine is more ...

• Small Intestine Senses Bitter Toxins in Food

  October 9 (HealthDay News) -- If bitter-tasting food makes you feel ill, it may just ...

• FDA Rules How Much Melamine Is Too Much

  October 3 (HealthDay News) -- With the Chinese milk products-melamine scandal generating fresh headlines, U.S. ...

• FDA Faulted for Lack of Produce Oversight

  September 26 (HealthDay News) -- As food-safety problems continue to rock the United States, resulting ...

• Blacks at Greater Risk of Precancerous Colon Polyps

  September 23 (HealthDay News) -- Black people undergoing colon cancer screening are more likely to ...