A toxin produced by E. coli may be driving rates of bowel cancer in young people, scientists have discovered. Experts believe the finding could help explain why rates of bowel cancer are rising among ...

Gut bacteria and a diet rich in the amino acid tryptophan can play a protective role against pathogenic E. coli, which can cause severe stomach upset, cramps, fever, intestinal bleeding and renal ...

With news this week that childhood exposure to E. coli bacteria may be partly responsible for the sharp rise in bowel cancer among under-fifties, most of us are asking what we can do to protect ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a study support a connection between Escherichia coli infection and inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, which includes ulcerative colitis (inflammation of the ...

Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Helsinki, and collaborators investigated the differences in cancer incidence for colorectal, bladder, and prostate cancers, and ...

When harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning, such as E. coli, invade through the digestive tract, gut cells usually fight back by pushing infected cells out of the body to stop the infection from ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control announced an outbreak of E.Coli linked to the McDonald’s Quarter Pounder. So far, one case has been reported in Kansas, and at least ...

Federal regulators are determining the cause of the outbreak. Here's what you should know about E. coli.