Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old male who is in relatively good health. For the past six months, I have been experiencing diarrhea on and off. I initially spoke to my general physician, and he ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old male who is in relatively good health. For the past six months, I have been experiencing diarrhea on and off. I initially spoke to my general physician, and he ...

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Doctors should consider a patient’s risk of infection when prescribing opioids, the researchers behind the new study said. Opioid use may weaken immune systems, leaving patients more vulnerable to ...

In a review of nearly 120,000 patients, 31% taking opioids developed C. diff, compared to 17% not taking them Opioids may weaken immunity and disrupt healthy gut bacteria, making infection more likely ...

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Taking opioids may make some patients more likely to develop a dangerous infection, new research suggests. The infection is called Clostridioides difficile, ...

In a major step towards 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 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min C. diff is the leading cause of ...

ATLANTA -- A tapered and pulsed course of vancomycin was not significantly better than a standard course of the drug for treating a first or second recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection, a ...

A total of 54% of adults in the United States were “not at all” familiar with clostridioides difficile (C. diff), a bacterial infection that causes nearly 30,000 deaths in the US each year, according ...