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Cases of cyclosporiasis, which spreads through contaminated food, have been on the rise in multiple states since May.

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The Rome V criteria for IBS identified a different group of patients, with lower sensitivity than either Rome III or IV ...

Each unit of cost invested in Helicobacter pylori screening can generate approximately a fivefold return in gastric cancer ...

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...

Constipation is the most common bowel change during pregnancy. It happens when increased progesterone slows intestinal muscle contractions. Pregnancy may also cause diarrhea, blood in your stool ...

There isn’t strong evidence that gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) causes irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), though some digestive symptoms after surgery can look similar to IBS symptoms. Digestive ...

Inviting patients to undergo combined Helicobacter pylori stool antigen testing with fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) yielded superior cost-effectiveness compared with FIT alone ...

Among study participants, fecal testing increased by 36.57% and colonoscopy screening increased by 55.56% from 2014 to 2022. Adults participating in an organized, population-wide colorectal cancer ...