Digestive Disorders News & Features

Ginsburg had gone to the hospital for outpatient tests that revealed an infection caused by a gall stone.

Ginsberg joined in from the Maryland hospital where she's being treated for an infection caused by a gall stone.

High-fiber diets are believed to cause bloating by increasing certain populations of healthy, fiber-digesting gut bacteria. They produce gas as a byproduct.

The research found that of 150 websites that came up with a search of probiotics, most were commercial sites, hoping to sell a product.

The researchers noted that hiccuping is common among fetuses and newborns, and begins as early as nine weeks into pregnancy, CNN reported.

Long-time co-host Vanna White took over running the show on Friday after taping was paused on Thursday.

Two patients who received fecal transplants suffered infections from drug-resistant E. coli, and one of them died from their infection.

Doctors may typically hold off on operating until gallbladder inflammation has gone down and antibiotics have started working on an infection. But the study found that waiting more than 72 hours for surgery led to a higher rate of complications and longer hospital stays.

A new study found the microbiomes of regular coffee drinkers were considerably healthier than those who consumed little to no coffee.

The gut microbiome includes at least 1,000 species of bacteria and is influenced by a number of different factors, including medication.

To the many ways in which coffee seems to confer unexpected health benefits, add a lowered risk of painful gallstones.

After reports of serious, antibiotic-resistant infections, the FDA is alerting all health care professionals who do fecal transplants about the potential serious risk so they can inform their patients.

A group of people who have liver disease also had elevated urine levels of glyphosate, the main weed-killing ingredient in Roundup, researchers found.

After four weeks of using a toilet stool, 71 percent of the study participants had faster bowel movements and 90 percent reported less straining, according to the research published online recently in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.

Traveler's diarrhea is the most common travel-related illness, the FDA says, affecting up to 40% of travelers worldwide annually.

In a recent study, every person out of the group of 8 had small bits of plastics in their stool, researchers said. More than 95 percent of the particles came from plastics used in food packaging and storage.

A Stanford University study of 30 patients with bloodstream infections showed that the infections mostly started in patients' own bodies -- often in the large intestine.

Because of the decreasing diversity of microscopic organisms that live on human bodies, scientists say we need to capture and preserve many germs that exist around the world, a “Noah's Ark" of beneficial human microbes.

Most appendicitis cases are uncomplicated, which means the organ hasn't ruptured, so they can be treated with antibiotics. Only when the appendix looks like it may burst immediately is an operation necessary, according to a new study.

According to new research involving nearly 5,000 people with chronic kidney disease, a hike in daily caffeine intake appeared to lower their odds of an early death.

The Israeli researchers found that some people's digestive systems held on to the probiotics given in a supplement. But in others, the body expelled the good bacteria.

Researchers have found strong evidence that if a kidney transplant doesn’t work, it may be due to the “wear and tear” on the organ before it’s donated.

Eating crickets may help improve the natural bacteria in your gut (microbiome) and reduce inflammation in your body, according to a small new study at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

In most cases, persistent hiccups (two days or more) and intractable hiccups (a month or more) are associated with underlying medical conditions, two neurologists write in a new journal article.

Fecal transplants are one of the hottest areas of new medical research, as scientists have come to understand the role the microbiome -- the billions of bacteria that live in and on the body -- plays in health.