A retrospective analysis from Israel suggested that markers of poor hydration are linked to increased risks of hypertension ...

Faecal transplants can boost the immune systems of patients with advanced cancer, improving their response to immunotherapy.

FMT is a novel therapeutic approach that involves transferring microbiota from a healthy donor to a patient's ...

What Is a Fecal Transplant? A fecal transplant is a procedure that places the stool of a healthy person into the colon of someone who’s ill. Your doctor may call it bacteriotherapy. A fecal ...

Anna Wexler explains “do-it-yourself medicine” and how regulators can protect consumers using at-home medical therapies.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a widespread bacterial infection associated with gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. While conventional ...

Fecal microbiota transplants, in which a donor’s poop is transplanted into another person’s gut, have been used to treat inflammatory bowel disease and other conditions. Frédéric Derbré ...

Public health experts say the anti-vaccine views fronted by the HHS secretary are wrong and undermine trust in science. But a ...

Thanks to the tireless efforts of people like San Luis Obispo resident Frank Kalman and his nonprofit, End Kids Cancer, there have been major advances in pediatric oncology in recent years. Here's Kal ...

Auto-brewery syndrome produces symptoms of intoxication when ethanol produced by dysregulated gut microbiota exceeds the ...