Medically reviewed by Gurdeep S. Sareen, PharmD Key Takeaways Take metformin with your evening meal to reduce diarrhea risk. Avoid sugary, greasy, and processed foods to help prevent ...

Treatment for gastroenteritis is mainly rest and staying hydrated. One type of antacid may be helpful for diarrhea. Gastroenteritis is also known as the stomach flu. It causes nausea, stomach pain, ...

If the first thing you think of when you get diarrhea is the Pepto Bismol song – "Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!" – there are two things you should know. 1. Jingles are a ...

Sure, we have many diarrhea jokes. But the reality is that diarrhea kills 2,195 children every day—more than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. Diarrheal diseases lead to 1 in 9 child deaths ...

Columbus, Ohio-based West-Ward Pharmaceuticals — the U.S. subsidiary of London-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals — increased the price of a common diarrhea drug by 430 percent, reports Financial Times. Here ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are investigating sometimes-deadly overdoses with common anti-diarrhea drugs, a bizarre manifestation of the nation's drug abuse problem. The primary ingredient ...

The digestive system consists of a long tube that can be measured from the back of the mouth to the anus. The entire length of the gastrointestinal tract consists of nerves and muscles that work to ...