Don't just assume symptoms like nausea and vomiting are a stomach bug. It could also be this nightmare illness.

Infection with the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori could increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease: In people over the age of 50, the risk following a symptomatic infection can be an ...

Scientists may have found a culprit for what can trigger Crohn’s disease. In some people, exposure to the highly contagious norovirus might increase the risk of the bowel disorder, which causes the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with other maternal infections, intestinal infection and genitourinary tract infection increased the ...

Half of the world’s human population is infected with the stomach bacteria called Helicobacter pylori, yet it causes disease in only about 10 percent of those infected. Other bacteria living in the ...

Researchers have identified a new axis of host defense by studying what happens during enteric infection -- a term that encompasses all types of intestinal infections including so called 'stomach flu.

Recent studies in Taiwan show that bacteria and parasites that cause intestinal infections such as Shigella; Giardia; Chlamydia trachomatis, which causes lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV); and Entamoeba ...

Scientists have found a link between blood type A and a higher risk of stomach cancer. This connection appears over time.

Doctors discovered live hookworms in a woman's stomach. A medical scan showed live hookworms in a woman’s stomach, shocking doctors who said she didn’t have the telltale gastrointestinal symptoms of ...

This article originally published on The Conversation. Intestinal infections take a heavy toll on impoverished Black communities that have out-of-date sewage systems. These infections often spread ...

Researchers have used a mouse model to show that infections in the intestine can change the composition of bile, a fluid that is generated in the liver and is crucial to digestion. Bile aids in the ...