A new approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut in mice at significantly lower doses than current inflammatory bowel disease treatments.

New research has connected toxins produced by E. coli bacteria to the types of colorectal cancer tumors more likely to affect ...

In a nutshell The antibiotic piperacillin has shown remarkable effectiveness against Lyme disease-causing bacteria, Borrelia ...

Last year, the U.S. saw more than 10,000 cases, according to federal data. That’s the highest level in over a dozen years. California, New York, and Texas topped the list. Florida had more than 600 ...

The Grove City family says they bought a puppy from a Petland store and within a few days, members of the family became ill ...

A two-week-old baby is referred to the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town. The infant, who was born ...

Washing your clothing on high temperature cycles may not completely disinfect it, researchers have found, because washing ...

The numbers for bowel cancer, the third-most-common type worldwide, are rising particularly fast. Compared with Americans ...

Play It Safe's biodegradable play mats to provide safe and sanitary play area wherever you go ...

The risk for food allergy, asthma and allergic rhinitis was elevated among children who received antibiotics in early childhood, and risk was greater with five-plus courses, according to data ...

"What are sometimes called superbugs — microbes resistant to every available drug — are not merely the stuff of nightmares.