While conversations about cancer risk often center on genetics and lifestyle choices, emerging research highlights a more insidious threat lurking in millions of American stomachs. Helicobacter pylori ...

A common bacteria found in the stomach could cause nearly 12 million cancers among people born over a single decade, a new study suggests. Over the course of their lives, 15.6 million people born ...

Visit CNNhealth.com, your connection for better living "Within a week," she recalled, "I was eating normally again." Scientists have known for decades that probiotics can boost your health. That's why ...

Antibiotics are not always needed, especially for viral infections. Improper use can harm the body and disturb gut health.

A pioneering study has revealed new insights into the role of gastric bacteria in stomach cancer development that could pave the way for a more effective treatment of pre-cancer, according to a study ...

Researchers have identified a new axis of host defense by studying what happens during enteric infection -- a term that encompasses all types of intestinal infections including so called 'stomach flu.

H. pylori infection doesn’t always produce symptoms, so it’s important to get screened for any persistent gastric-related pain, such as indigestion and bloating. You can lower your risk of gastric ...

Sepsis and severe pneumonia are frequently accompanied by disruption of the gut microbiota, leading to immune dysfunction and ...

Scientists have found that a common bacterium that usually lives in the mouth can help stomach cancer grow by feeding tumors with a substance they use as fuel. The discovery suggests that this ...