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2006-06-20
Health Minister Inaugurates Institute for Diarrhea Diseases
MedIndia, India - Jun 11, 2006 The state of art Research and Control Centre has come up in Kolkata to contain Diarrheal diseases in the country. The most modern

2006-06-19
Diarrhea Dan
Kotaku.com, NY - 6 hours ago The Flash game Diarrhea Dan, created for the BBC comedy Look Around You is the only game of it's kind: trivia meets rock-paper-scissors meets platforming meets
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2006-06-18
Drug May Shorten Kids' Severe Diarrhea
WebMD - Jun 13, 2006 It found that the children's severe, watery diarrhea ended sooner with Alinia than with a placebo lacking Alinia's active ingredient.
The study looked at 38 children aged 5 months to 7 years (average age: 11 months) hospitalized in Cairo, Egypt. It found that the children's severe, watery diarrhea ended sooner with Alinia than with a placebo lacking Alinia's active ingredient.

2006-06-16
State of the art R&D for diarrhea control in Kolkata
Myiris.com, India - Jun 8, 2006 Containment of serious health risks surounding outbreak of diarrhea will get a fillip in Kolkata, West Bengal and the country. The
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2006-06-15
4 Dead from Diarrhea Outbreak
Fijivillage, Fiji - Jun 9, 2006 The Health Ministry statistics for the number of people who have died from the current diarrhea outbreak have been revised to 4 while another 9 have been
The Health Ministry statistics for the number of people who have died from the current diarrhea outbreak have been revised to 4 while another 9 have been admitted so far.

2006-06-14
Outbreak of diarrhea-causing bacteria hits Tuscaloosa County
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - May 30, 2006 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Proper and diligent hand-washing is needed in order to curb an outbreak of bacteria-caused diarrhea that has been spreading in Tuscaloosa
"This is quite a large number (of cases) we've seen in a short period of time," Angie Dubose, a nurse supervisor at the Tuscaloosa County Health Department told The Tuscaloosa News for a story Wednesday. "We didn't want to alarm people with this. It's just that we've seen the growth in the number of cases we've seen recently, and the best way to prevent it is by adhering to strict hand-washing practices."

2006-06-13
Outbreak of diarrhea-causing bacteria hits Tuscaloosa County
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - May 30, 2006 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Proper and diligent hand-washing is needed in order to curb an outbreak of bacteria-caused diarrhea that has been spreading in Tuscaloosa
"This is quite a large number (of cases) we've seen in a short period of time," Angie Dubose, a nurse supervisor at the Tuscaloosa County Health Department told The Tuscaloosa News for a story Wednesday. "We didn't want to alarm people with this. It's just that we've seen the growth in the number of cases we've seen recently, and the best way to prevent it is by adhering to strict hand-washing practices."

1. Avoiding diarrhea
The common medical ailment associated with travel to developing countries is, as travelers to Mexico refer to it, "Montezuma''s Revenge." Montezuma''s Revenge affects 20% to 50% of travel

2. Traveler''s diarrhea
Acute diarrhea affects millions of persons who travel to developing countries each year. Food and water contaminated with fecal matter are the main sources of infection. Bacteria such as enterotoxi

3. Traveler''s diarrhea: what you should know
What is traveler''s diarrhea? Traveler''s diarrhea can occur when you go to another country (usually a developing country). It also can occur shortly ...

4. A randomized formula controlled trial of Bifidobacterium lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in infants
Correa NB, Peret Filho LA, Penna FJ, et al. J Clin Gastroenterol 2005;39:385-389. GOALS: This clinical trial was carried out to determine whether oral treatment with a commercial probiotic formul

5. Management of chronic diarrhea
Chronic diarrhea is a common but vexing problem for physicians and patients. Defined as diarrhea that continues for more than four weeks, chronic diarrhea ...