A new study analyzed the gut microbiomes of people who get colon cancer young versus those who get the disease later in life. Some bacteria strains are more present in the guts of young colon cancer ...

Dr. Sameer Islam is a functional gastroenterologist in Lubbock and is a West Texas native growing up in Odessa, TX. He specializes in the comprehensive treatment of all digestive symptoms and ...

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Scientists think they may have finally discovered the reason why human body temperature has been decreasing over the past few centuries—gut microbes. A paper published in the American Journal of ...

The number of people who have died with or from Covid-19 has varied greatly worldwide. Peru, the world’s worst-affected country, has had 6,067 Covid-19 deaths for every million inhabitants and 88,345 ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

It may be surprising to learn that microbial genes (bacteria) outnumber human genes 100 to one in the human body. This may make you run for the hand sanitizer, however, these are the genes that make ...

Infections from a strain of drug-resistant shigella bacteria are on the rise in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes as a potentially serious public health concern. Shigella ...

Microwaves have become indispensable tools in modern kitchens, praised for their ability to quickly heat food and eliminate harmful bacteria through the application of high temperatures and radiation.

In peer-reviewed study on mice, Technion scientists say novel method using harmless microneedle patches 'opens the door' to ...

Dozens of people are being treated for illness after likely being exposed to Legionella bacteria at a university campus in North Carolina. Duke University said in a statement posted Thursday that ...