Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus in the Herpesviridae family, infects approximately half of all adults in the United States, most of whom experience mild or no symptoms. While the virus usually ...

Whether it's a dull ache, sharp cramp or persistent discomfort, most of us have experienced some degree of stomach pain throughout our lives. While something as mild as indigestion, gas, bloating or ...

Bacteria use multiple defense mechanisms to survive in the host body. Shigella bacteria that cause colitis disable multiple host defense pathways using three specialized effector proteins, as reported ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: You recently wrote about colitis, aka inflammation of the colon. Could you please explain how to treat and prevent it? -- M.C. ANSWER: “Colitis” does mean inflammation of the colon, ...

Upon presentation to the emergency department (ED), the monocyte distribution width (MDW) derived from routine full blood examinations could effectively differentiate acute severe ulcerative colitis ...

The diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) is based on clinical evaluation and medical history and confirmed through laboratory, radiologic, endoscopic and histologic findings. Before making the ...

Epstein-Barr virus infection induces the upregulation of glycolysis in intestinal macrophages, which subsequently activates Gasdermin D, NLRP3, interleukin-1β, and interleukin-18 in macrophages within ...

Genomic alterations in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC): Impact on prognosis and response to frontline therapy.

Lymphocytic colitis is a bowel condition characterized by chronic, watery diarrhea and the buildup of white blood cells in your gut. It is most common in older adults. Lymphocytic colitis is a rare ...