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Feces

Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the anus or cloaca during defecation.

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How does fibrosis occur in Crohn's disease?

New research has shown that a protein, known as IL-13, could be the key to the development of fibrosis in Crohn's disease. This breakthrough could help to advance new medicines to treat people suffering with the disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Healthy gut flora could prevent obesity

Poor gut flora is believed to trigger obesity. In the same way, healthy gut flora could reduce the risk. This has shown to be the case in tests on rats.

Medical research created May 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Suspected common source of hepatitis A in Nordic countries

Four of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway) have detected more hepatitis A cases than usual among people who did not travel abroad during the incubation period before they became ill ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Syria hit by typhoid outbreak: WHO

A rebel-held area of Syria has been hit by an outbreak of typhoid after power cuts hit water supplies and forced the population to turn to the Euphrates River, the UN's health agency warned Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tourists in Nepal warned over cholera outbreak

Nepal on Monday urged foreign travellers to take precautions against cholera after 13 people died in an outbreak in the remote west of the country.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pregnant women at low risk of complications can safely be offered a choice of where to give birth

Women with low risk pregnancies should be able to choose where they give birth, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal today. Although it shows that first-time mums who opt for a home birth are at a higher ...

Health created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E. coli in the countryside: whose problem is it anyway?

Reducing the risks of catching E. coli O157 in the countryside is everyone's problem. That means we should all take responsibility - individual residents and visitors, as well as farmers and government - according to res ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0