or perforated segments of the bowel. Postoperative outcomes were documented in 68 cases. Among these, three newborns succumbed to sepsis secondary to peritonitis, and one elderly female patient died ...

Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts of the adult intestine. Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and ...

More than 40 people got sick in a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a Silversea Cruises ship. Among 681 guests onboard, 38 reported being ill during Silver Ray’s current voyage, along with ...

A glass of milk a day could help keep bowel cancer away – or so finds a study by Oxford University and Cancer Research UK. The research suggests that increasing daily milk intake by as little as ...

There are now 234 cases of students with the stomach flu at the University of Guelph in southern Ontario, and at least one of those is a lab-confirmed case of norovirus. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph ...

The woman, aged in her 50s, was left with life-changing injuries in the attack at Royal Oldham Hospital's acute medical unit (AMU) at about 23:30 GMT on Saturday. Greater Manchester Police said ...

However, even if an individual experiences multiple risk factors, one can take several preventative measures to prevent the condition. Fecal impaction typically occurs when a person has not had a ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally ...

A glass of milk each day holds potential to improve bowel health, new research suggests. An observational study of more than half a million women has found that drinking 200 grams of milk a day could ...

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange rolled out Acute Care Alberta on Wednesday, along with interim leaders for both the new agency and Alberta Health Services. This is the third of four “pillars ...

A large UK study has found further evidence that people with more calcium in their diet - equivalent to a glass of milk a day - can help reduce their risk of bowel cancer. The researchers analysed ...

Read at the semi-annual meeting of the South Middlesex Medical Society, held at the Boston Medical Library, Oct. 14, 1908.