Sometimes bronchitis can lead to pneumonia, a deeper and far more serious infection of the lungs’ air sacs. Francis said he ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis is in “fair condition” at a hospital with a respiratory tract infection and is running a ...

ROME — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for the fourth time since being elected in 2013, after he was diagnosed with ...

Other signs of an unhealthy gut may include vomiting or stomach upset, fatigue, trouble sleeping, food intolerance and other ...

Gut transit time varies from one person to the next. Recent estimates suggest it can take somewhere between 12 and 73 hours ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

The large intestine is the final part of the lower gastrointestinal tract and includes the caecum, appendix, colon, rectum and anal canal. The large intestine's function is to finish digestion of ...

Kenneth Perry, MD, an emergency physician in South Carolina, said his hospital has recently seen an uptick in emergency department visits tied to these infections. "From cough to nasal congestion ...

"The protection this mechanism provides against viral and fungal infection has been demonstrated in animals with heightened intestinal permeability, which resulted in a stronger inflammatory ...

Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it.

Nagpur: An inquiry into the death of Megha Banarse (26) from Virli Budruk village in Lakhandur taluka of Bhandara district revealed that her small intestine was accidentally cut during a family ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in ...