You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I would like your opinion of probiotics. Do you think they ...

The authors make the point that bowel functions in general are associated with a lot of health outcomes. Direct association would be somebody with severe constipation, or the long term can be and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Chronic diarrhea is an “incredibly common” condition, with about one out of 20 patients presenting with ...

Background and Aims: Often a cause for chronic non-specific diarrhea (≥3 stools per day for more than 4 weeks) is not identified. Small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBO) can occur without morphological ...

Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut bacteria, a ...

Diarrhea is an awful, uncomfortable circumstance to think about. Let's just get that out in the open. But researchers in Norway believe they've found a gene mutation that may cause chronic diarrhea in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old woman presents for evaluation of a 6-month history of chronic diarrhea. She has generally been ...

Loose stool in young children isn’t an uncommon problem, as those of us who practice pediatric gastroenterology can attest. The practical consensus is that if your child passes three or more watery or ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I would like your opinion of probiotics. Do you think they would help with chronic diarrhea after having my gallbladder removed? — C.F.R. ANSWER: Probiotics are bacteria that are ...

The breath test was developed to overcome the shortcomings of duodenal fluid culture. The 14 C-D-xylose test has been criticized for lack of diagnostic accuracy and has a sensitivity of 30-90% and ...