There are 100 million neurons scattered along the gastrointestinal tract that are directly in the line of fire of gut infections. While damage to these neurons by intestinal pathogens could ...

The human digestive system has a dual nature of being tough and very delicate at the same time. Each food piece that we eat ...

According to Het Laatste Nieuws, citing data from the health institute Sciensano, the number of reported gastrointestinal infections has significantly surpassed seasonal averages. The Norovirus, ...

Researchers assessed access to and awareness of pre-travel health advice in individuals with and without gastrointestinal ...

The number of reported gastrointestinal infection outbreaks more than halved during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, compared with the previous 5-year average, while lab ...

The number of gastrointestinal infection (GI) outbreaks in England more than halved during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with a 5-year average, a study found. Several factors ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany --- Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain: General practitioners are noticing an increase in gastrointestinal infections this time compared to this time of last year. How can you ...

Non-antibiotic drugs can alter the microbiome and increase the risk of gut infections in surprising ways, a new Nature study shows. A new study examining the effects of sleep patterns and shift work ...

Dientamoeba fragilis is an intestinal protozoan parasite with a global distribution, whose role in gastrointestinal illness remains a topic of active investigation. Over recent decades, it has been ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is primarily a respiratory disease, as its causative agent, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), will typically infect epithelial ...