ABSTRACT: A 58-year-old patient diagnosed with fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), non-responsive to variety of treatments over the years, suffered from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last month, Gusto, a payroll and HR software company, announced that it agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup offering retirement plans to small and medium businesses. The terms of the deal weren’t ...

SEATTLE, Aug. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a stealthy threat. It infects more than 500,000 people in the United States each year, and kills up to 30,000. It is a ...

TUESDAY, August 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — C. diff, which is short for Clostridioides difficile, is a type of bacteria that may cause serious problems in the digestive system. It is one of the most ...

The bacterium Clostridium difficile — otherwise known as C. diff — spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, according to a study published on April 4 in ...

One of the most common health care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found. IMPACT: The results ...

The pathogen C. diff -- the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea -- can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a ...

Pfizer hosted a discussion with sell-side analysts to provide an update on one of the vaccine pipeline items – a second-generation Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) vaccine effort in Phase 2.

Dear Doctors: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with ...