Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with other maternal infections, intestinal infection and genitourinary tract infection increased the ...

Researchers have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a subset of people. It is believed most humans are ...

A team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute) has made a landmark discovery that sheds light on how the immune system protects the gut during ...

In most healthy individuals, infection occurs without symptoms but may present as a mild, flu-like illness. About 80% of people show evidence of antibodies by age 80. Nonetheless, the researchers ...

A test designed to quickly detect the genetic fingerprint of Clostridium difficile bacterial infection has been approved by the FDA, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. The Xpert C.

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who has has been undergoing treatment for a brain cancer diagnosis in his home state since late last year, is hospitalized in stable condition after undergoing ...

About one in every 31 hospital patients will pick up an infection in the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New research shows that being prescribed an opioid for ...

The brain's immune cells, or microglia (light blue/purple) are shown interacting with amyloid plaques (red) — harmful protein clumps linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The illustration highlights the ...