More Digestive Health News

• FDA Widens Peanut Butter-Salmonella Probe

  January 16 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials said Friday that they were expanding their ...

• Antacids Are Best First Choice for Indigestion

  January 15 (HealthDay News) -- Starting treatment for dyspepsia -- the medical name for indigestion ...

• Kellogg Halts Sales of Peanut Butter Crackers

  January 15 (HealthDay News) -- Cereal giant Kellogg has asked stores to stop selling its ...

• Salmonella Linked to Deaths in Virginia, Minnesota

  January 14 (HealthDay News) -- As the number of people sickened by salmonella-contaminated peanut butter ...

• Hispanics Respond Poorly to Standard Hepatitis C Therapy

  January 14 (HealthDay News) -- The standard treatment for hepatitis C does not appear to ...

• Minn. Confirms Tainted Peanut Butter Link to Salmonella Outbreak

  January 12 (HealthDay News) -- Lab tests on a tainted tub of peanut butter produced ...

• Peanut Butter Eyed as Source of Salmonella Outbreak

  January 10 (HealthDay News) -- Health officials in the state of Minnesota said late Friday ...

• Officials Still Seek Source of Salmonella Outbreak

  January 9 (HealthDay News) -- The source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost ...

• More Than 60,000 Patients Risked Hepatitis Infections

  January 6 (HealthDay News) -- Failure to follow basic infection practices placed more than 60,000 ...

• Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens

  Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Obese teenagers who have gastric bypass surgery not only lose ...

• New Guidelines Issued for Management of IBS

  Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A leading organization of gastroenterologists has released new guidelines on ...

• Uninsured Face Worse Outcomes After Diverticulitis

  December 15 (HealthDay News) -- Patients lacking adequate health insurance are more like to fare ...

• Gastric Bypass Success Sparks Debate

  Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Recent studies showing that gastric bypass surgery extends the lives ...

• FDA Puts Black Box Warning on Bowel-Cleansing Drugs

  Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Two prescription drugs used to cleanse the bowel before a ...

• Genetic Link Between Type 1 Diabetes, Celiac Disease Seen

  December 10 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified common genetic mutations between type 1 diabetes ...

• Childhood Constipation Carries a Big Price Tag

  December 8 (HealthDay News) -- Each year in the United States, treatment of childhood constipation ...

• New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates

  December 5 (HealthDay News) -- Many patients with liver cancer who don't meet criteria used ...

• Hepatitis C Therapy Useless for Some

  December 3 (HealthDay News) -- Maintenance therapy using low-dose peginterferon doesn't help patients with advanced ...

• CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis

  December 2 (HealthDay News) -- Colorectal cancer and osteoporosis are very different diseases that a ...