SYNOPSIS: This study adds to mounting evidence indicating that dysbiosis and imbalance in the gut microbiome are linked to autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.

SYNOPSIS: The American College of Gastroenterology has developed a guideline dealing with the management of immunocompetent adults with acute infectious diarrhea, other than that due to Clostridium difficile infection.

Inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease afflict nearly 1.4 million people in the United States alone.

Opioid-induced constipation’s mechanisms depend on opioids’ tendency to vigorously stimulate mu receptors which suppress propulsion in the colon.