Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Intuitive’s website. A high rate of colon surgical site infections (SSI) triggered financial penalties for Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, a ...

Infectious colitis is an inflammatory condition caused by bacteria, a virus, or a parasite. It can cause diarrhea and other symptoms. Treatment will depend on the cause. Infectious colitis causes ...

A new UCLA Health study found that taking an 8-strain probiotic daily may reduce the risk of pouchitis, a common inflammatory condition that occurs after colon removal surgery for ulcerative colitis, ...

Focal active colitis (FAC) is when a specific type of white blood cell enters tiny structures in the colon wall, causing inflammation. Various conditions can lead to FAC, such as Crohn’s disease.

In a major step toward a precision therapy for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection, researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the body's bile acids bind to ...

May 16, 2011 — In patients undergoing colectomy, obesity is associated with a 60% increased risk for surgical site infection (SSI), and those developing SSIs had significantly increased costs and ...

Stage 4 colon cancer is considered advanced: cancer has spread beyond your colon to distant organs. Treatment may involve a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or ablation.

Chaoyuan Kuang, MD, PhD, Co-Leader, GI Clinical and Translational Research, at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Othon Wiltz, MD, Colon and Rectal Surgeon, for Montefiore Einstein ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

VerdictSearch: Man Who Developed Infections After Colon Surgery Gets More Than $4 Million A Fort Bend County district court jury awarded more than $4 million to a man who developed multiple infections ...