Most people who grab a drive-through meal give only a passing thought to what they're actually eating. The burger looks like ...

Objectives To assess the outcomes of patients undergoing open abdominal surgery at a National Referral Hospital in Tanzania. Design A prospective, observational, single-arm cohort study. Setting Dar ...

About half a million samples are collected from over-50s in Scotland each year in a highly successful NHS program that ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been sickened with a gastrointestinal illness called cyclosporiasis, a foodborne infection marked by ...

Essential nutrients are chemical substances the body needs to function that must be obtained through food. They include protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals. How does diet affect ...

Today:Early fog in the far southwest clears quickly. Most areas stay dry with sunshine and variable cloud, though northern and northeastern regions may see isolated showers. Light winds overall, ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remains one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders seen by clinicians in both primary and secondary care. Since publication of the last British Society of ...

Objective To estimate the test accuracy of faecal calprotectin (FC) for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the primary care setting using routine electronic health records. Design Retrospective ...

MSN via Barron Kerry Stewart, an exercise physiologist and professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, says exercise capacity "definitely declines" as we age. "With regular exercise, the decline won't be ...

Correspondence to Dr Lauge Sokol-Hessner, Medicine and Health Care Quality, W/PBS-2, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA; lhessner{at}bidmc.harvard.edu A patient is admitted to ...

Vasculitis is a blood vessel inflammation that may occur in any organ, including the skin. Vasculitis rashes usually show up on the lower legs but can appear on other parts of the body. Treatment ...