British researchers who tested almost 1,000 patients with the allergy, found almost 90 per cent could actually safely use the ...

The NHS has advised patients who spend time in hospital to wear clothes that can be washed at 60°C to avoid spreading ...

More scientific evidence is emerging to show that our gastrointestinal system interacts with our nervous system ...

The reasons for placing a loved one in an assisted living facility often boil down to one word: safety. When a sick or frail family member can no longer care for him or herself, the safest place ...

Doctors have warned that more must be done to tackle the rise of a highly contagious bacteria. More than one in ten cases of ...

An expert panel convened has recommended against the routine use of PCR tests to diagnose urinary tract infections.

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Dr. Dustin T. Smith and Dr. Joanna M. Bonsall reviewed nine key updates in hospital medicine at SHM Converge 2025.

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is considered to be the main cause of bacterial infectious diarrhea in nosocomial settings. Since the beginning of the new century a continuous rise in the ...

But because fecal transplant addresses the root cause of the infection, researchers suspected it might be effective as a front-line treatment for C. difficile.

But because fecal transplant addresses the root cause of the infection, researchers suspected it might be effective as a front-line treatment for C. difficile.