Acute gastroenteritis commonly causes diarrhea and vomiting in children and adolescents, resulting in many outpatient clinic visits, emergency department visits and hospitalizations, often owing ...

Diarrhea remains one of the leading killers of children under five and the elderly, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, despite significant progress in reducing global deaths from ...

Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut ...

There is currently insufficient evidence to support their use to prevent diarrhea in children. We evaluated the effect of daily intake of fructooligosaccharide (FOS), a prebiotic agent on diarrhea ...

The most common viruses that can cause diarrhea include: Influenza Rotavirus (in children) Norovirus Norovirus, in particular, often causes contagious diarrhea. It typically spreads on cruise ...

Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Stephen Thacker about a large increase in norovirus cases in S.C. children this year.