Heart failure (HF) is a chronic and progressive cardiovascular condition associated with significant morbidity, mortality and ...

The NHS in England is improving the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening in a bid to pick up thousands more cases that could ...

Scientists have discovered that gut-born bacteria may hold the secret for treatments of everything from IBD to Parkinson’s disease. Now they just need samples from the people living in the most ...

Recently, Minnesotans have been receiving unsolicited, unrequested at-home colon cancer screening kits from health insurers, without a doctor's input. If you received one in the mail, you might ...

Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a ...

Keep the working area, weighing table, spatula, and forceps very clean. Wipe the forceps and spatulas with an ethanol-soaked Kimwipe in between subsequent samples. Make sure ethanol is evaporated from ...

Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...

Researchers analyzed proteins extracted from "How to Cure and Expel All Afflictions and Illnesses of the Human Body" and "A ...

A liquid bowel movement (diarrhea) is usually related to a short-term health challenge like food poisoning or a viral infection. It may also be related to a chronic condition. Diarrhea can happen to ...

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...