There are several potential reasons for pain around the belly button. Read on to learn what they are and how to treat belly button pain.

At the age of 70, 70 percent of the population will have diverticulosis. However, this doesn’t mean that all of these patients will ever experience diverticulitis. So, what’s the difference ...

McDonald's sales took a significant hit in its latest quarter due to an E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions that killed one person and sent over two dozen to the hospital. CEO Chris ...

It is a common gut bacteria that never normally sees the light of day, but now Chinese scientists have engineered E coli so that it can harness sunlight like a plant. Incorporating a custom ...

Diverticulosis is a medical condition characterized by small sacs, or diverticula, in the lining of the large intestine. There is a chance that these pouches may become inflamed or infected ...

The water sample from the well showed contamination with E. coli and coliform bacteria, with coliform bacterial counts exceeding 16 per 100 ml of water and that of E. coli being 9 per 100 ml.

Symptoms of Crohn’s disease and diverticulitis can be very similar, but they are two separate conditions. Diagnostic tests and procedures like a colonoscopy can help your doctor to know which ...

Last week a patient came to see me looking very unwell. Having just come out of hospital after her first attack of diverticulitis, she was understandably anxious to learn how to ward off further ...

In E. coli, the presence of certain group VIIIb transition metal compounds in concentrations of about 1–10 parts per million of the metal in the culture medium causes an inhibition of the cell ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...