Almost half of adults and children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) responded to the investigational MEK inhibitor ...

Health officials are urging people to contact their health care provider if they ate a hamburger, especially if undercooked, at a table-service restaurant ...

Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian ...

For millions of Americans, paying for the treatment needed to manage their diseases can become its own lifelong problem.

Data analyses demonstrated that non-White children were more likely to have delays to cleft lip surgery (after age six months)—between 23% and 29%, compared to just 8% for White children.

A RECENT study led by U.S.-based researchers and published in reveals critical gaps in the quality of healthcare for child diarrhea in India, where simple, affordable treatments are often neglected.

Diarrhea may be either: Short-term (acute). Diarrhea that lasts 1 or 2 days and goes away. This may be caused by food or water that was contaminated by bacteria (bacterial infection). Or it may happen ...

To diagnose IBS, the doctor will ask questions about symptoms and examine the child to rule out more serious problems or diseases. IBS is not a disease — it is a syndrome, or group of symptoms that ...

diff) infection. Antibiotics may be considered for severe diarrhea (such as accompanied by shock, low blood pressure, or persistent fever) or in people at high risk, such as those people over age 70, ...

Chronic diarrhea involves at least three bowel movements ... While probiotics are generally considered safe for both children and adults and serious side effects are rare in healthy people ...

Diarrhea is a common symptom of illness among toddlers. Children under 4 years of age often have diarrhea once or twice a year. Toddler’s diarrhea is the term healthcare providers use to ...

Symptoms have varied in severity but mainly include diarrhea and bloody diarrhea. One child is seriously ill ... ongoing problems such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease, brain damage ...