Eating certain types of food could promote species of gut bacteria that can help your body fight off dangerous infections.

A pinworm infection is an intestinal illness that's very common in elementary school-aged children. Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms that sometimes live in the human colon and rectum.

The rising rate of colon cancer in young people can't be caused by diet alone, doctors say. Microplastics, sleep, and antibiotics may play a role.

SWNS A mom of three discovered her urinary tract infection was actually stage 4 colon cancer — and it was only discovered after she insisted upon a full-body scan. Zoe Gardner-Lawson’s ...

the fungus may grow beyond the colon and spread throughout the body. In such cases, the patient develops invasive candidiasis ...

The colon is," said the lead author of the study ... became more abundant in the gut after infection. These amino acids helped Salmonella survive by preventing the growth-inhibiting effects ...

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a bacterial infection that commonly affects people with ulcerative colitis (UC). It can worsen symptoms and cause complications. It can also trigger a ...

histolytica infection ranges from an asymptomatic carrier ... and can be fulminant, leading to colon perforation. Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal form of invasive amoebiasis.

Experts speculate HCMV may travel via the vagus nerve from the colon to the brain where it ... CD83+ subjects are consistent with active HCMV infection,” the investigators wrote.