There have been at least 16 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruise ships this year, the CDC says, the most in over a ...

Paradoxical diarrhea happens when loose, watery stool finds a way around hardened, impacted stool in your colon and leaks from your anus. Also called overflow diarrhea, it’s often a symptom of a ...

Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut ...

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show cases of norovirus, the highly contagious stomach bug, are surging in the U.S.

Everyone who ventures into high-risk regions of the tropical and semi-tropical world should be encouraged to take an antibiotic with them for self-treatment if diarrhea should develop. When to ...