Dr David Johnson discusses recent findings indicating that vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the development of various ...

A surgery intended to remove a Twin Cities woman’s infected spleen ended with her healthy kidney being removed instead, according to a medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District ...

Members of the Standing Bear football team mowed, pulled weeds, hauled rocks and planted flowers Wednesday to support a ...

People with inflammatory bowel conditions may also be more likely to get abscesses due to irritation of the skin from frequent bowel movements.‌ Infection of the colon. Infections from bacteria ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that ...

New findings reveal nuts and seeds may not trigger diverticulitis, challenging decades of restrictive dietary advice once deemed essential.

histolytica enters the colon after a person ingests contaminated food or water ... means "tissue-dissolving" - because it creates festering pockets of liquefied tissue, called abscesses, in the organs ...

Last year, after my husband, Michael, had been experiencing abdominal pain and fever on and off for two weeks, he reluctantly ...

While all the recent chatter around colon cancer is alarming, new studies are also showing promising data around the positive ...

A subareolar abscess is a lump that forms on the breast. This lump can be painful and include swelling. The bump is a collection of pus. Subareolar abscesses can be painful. They can make your ...