In this ongoing noninferiority trial conducted in eight European countries, we randomly assigned patients with high-risk adenomas (defined as ≥1 adenoma with a diameter of ≥10 mm, high-grade dysplasia ...

The pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) - a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections - must contend with a variety of threats inside the harsh environment of the gut to survive and grow.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - University of Vermont researchers are looking for volunteers to help test a new vaccine that could stop a potentially dangerous gut infection. Half a million people a year ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story was updated to accurately attribute quotes to Dr. Svetang Desai. Should you be worried about colonoscopy complications? If you've been keeping up with some ...

Amy Schumer is opening up about how she's feeling after a routine medical procedure apparently went wrong. "I actually had kind of a botched colonoscopy, so I'm not feeling very sexual," she ...

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Prompt treatment with a fecal transplant can improve survival odds of people with a life-threatening C. difficile infection, a new study says. But doctors need to act fast, highlighting the need for ...

Her son had been sick for four months when Blanca Morales started asking about a transplant. It had started with a case of strep throat from Mundo’s first-grade class — routine enough, treatable with ...

Brooks Bell first noticed something was off while on a work trip when she saw blood in her stool. It was 2018. She was 38 years old. When she got home, she was reassured—by two different doctors—that ...

(BPT) - Colon cancer is common and it's preventable. Early detection saves lives. Have you been putting your colonoscopy off? Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the ...

The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly killing younger people. Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 ...