http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Norovirus, the infamous stomach bug that's sickened countless cruise ship passengers, also wreaks havoc on land. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cruise-ship-virus-sickens-million.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:50:02 EST news283020164 (HealthDay)—Although physical activity can help boost your immune system, people who are sick should tone down their workout or skip it altogether, experts advise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cold-flu-ease-routine.html Health Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:30:01 EST news280553214 (Medical Xpress)—When someone comes to work sick, about half of the commonly touched surfaces in the office will become infected with the virus by lunchtime, according to a new study at the UA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-germs-fast.html Health Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:42:40 EST news278840532 (HealthDay)—A new norovirus strain caused most of the outbreaks of the contagious intestinal illness in the United States between September and December last year, but it is not known if this strain will lead to an overall increase in outbreaks, U.S. researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-version-stomach-bug-illness.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:03:45 EST news278255015 We can blame all sorts of things on the weather. But a stomach bug? It seems unlikely. Yet, scientists say greater quantities of rainfall and bigger storms will lead to more stomach upsets in parts of Europe. "Increases in precipitation in some countries, due to climate change, will affect waterborne outbreaks of disease," Apostolos Vantarakis of the University of Patros, Greece, tells youris.com. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-climate-occurrence-stomach-bugs.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:58:44 EST news276767894 Oregon investigators recently mapped the trail of an outbreak of a nasty stomach bug among participants in a girls' soccer tournament to a reusable open top grocery bag stored in a hotel bathroom. Their findings, which illustrate the role that inanimate objects can play in spreading norovirus infection, appear in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-role-reusable-grocery-bag-norovirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:01 EST news255712002