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 bacteria, a ...

Every year, nearly 500,000 children die from an easily curable condition: diarrhea. There's a simple and effective treatment: mixing oral rehydration salts — which are basically a mix of sugar and ...

Healthcare providers’ assumptions about patient preferences drive underutilization of lifesaving oral hydration salts (ORS) in treating childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), ...

Researchers from USC and Duke report in Science Advances that the persistent "know-do gap"—where clinicians know guidelines but practice differently—is the primary driver of antibiotic overprescribing ...

Young children in India who suffer from life-threatening diarrhea frequently are given ineffective treatments because health providers misperceive the wishes of a child's caregiver, according to a ...

Imodium (loperamide) is a brand-name, over-the-counter (OTC) medication that’s used to treat the symptoms of diarrhea in adults and some children. Imodium comes in several forms that are taken as ...

Preventing diarrhea includes properly preparing food, protecting yourself against infections, and following some proper hygiene habits in your daily life. Diarrhea can have numerous causes. You may ...