Digestive Health - Page 41

January 19, 2016

Low fiber diets: A bellwether of poor health

In the world of nutrition, it is difficult to study a nutrient in isolation - that is not how a real diet works.

January 14, 2016

Frozen poop is as good as fresh poop for C. difficile treatment

For patients with the difficult-to-treat intestinal infection caused by a bacterium called Clostridium difficile, a "poop transplant" that uses frozen poop may be as effective as one that uses fresh poop, a new study suggests.

January 12, 2016

DR. MANNY: The hidden danger in popular heartburn medications

I’ve said it before, and I’ll  say it again: Americans are over-medicated.

January 12, 2016

Baby's gut bacteria linked to delivery method

The gut bacteria of 6-week-old babies may be related to the way the infants were delivered and what they have been eating, a new study suggests.

January 11, 2016

Heartburn pills linked to increased risk of kidney disease

People who take popular heartburn pills known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may be more likely to develop chronic kidney disease than individuals who don't use these drugs, a study suggests.

January 11, 2016

New US cancer cases holding steady, deaths declining

The number of new cancer diagnoses in the U.S. is largely steady while the number of cancer deaths continues to decline, according to a new report from the nation's leading cancer advocacy group.

January 8, 2016

Heartburn pills may help grow infection-causing bacteria in gut

Popular heartburn pills known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may be making some people more prone to bacterial infections by altering the types of bugs that grow in the gut, a U.K. study of twins suggests.

January 8, 2016

Symptoms, hospitalizations common after gastric bypass

The high rate of side effects and hospitalizations after gastric bypass surgery should make development of new weight loss procedures a high priority, say researchers from Denmark.

January 4, 2016

Oklahoma toddler dies after ingesting button battery

An Oklahoma toddler’s death has pushed so-called button batteries, or lithium batteries, into the spotlight on the heels of the holiday season.

December 31, 2015

Woman gets out of DWI because her body is a 'brewery'

Last year, police in western New York stopped a driver who had been reported "weaving all over" the road.