Two new studies highlight the potential of fecal microbiota transplantation as a boon to cancer immunotherapy.

"Early detection and treatment of acute hepatitis C is critical to achieving the World Health Organization objective of eliminating HCV as a public health concern by 2030," says Dr. Brian Conway, ...

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Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV). But over the past decade, direct-acting antivirals (DAA) have proven effective against HCV, curing more ...

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Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Fecal microbiota transplant was noninferior to vancomycin as the initial treatment for C. diff in a randomized, open-label trial. Transplant showed slightly higher cure rates without recurrence and ...

Recurring Clostridioides difficile infections could be costing hospitals millions, an AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center study found. The study, published Sept. 29 in Cambridge Core, included 29 ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), shown to be effective in the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), also shows significant benefit in the treatment of primary CDI, ...

A recent announcement by the Food and Drug Administration about natural thyroid treatment has readers of this newspaper column up in arms. Nearly 5% of American adults have a thyroid gland that ...

Whether it’s a job interview, a presentation, a public performance or some other triggering event, anxiety can seem like an inescapable part of our lives. But if anxiousness feels like your natural ...

As the effectiveness of antibiotics meant to fight the deadly superbug Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, wanes, a research team at the University of Houston is seeing positive results of a new ...