There are a lot of tummy bugs about, especially in NSW. But does the old advice of what to eat and drink during recovery still hold true?
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Cholera has persisted longer in Africa largely due to worsening hygiene and sanitation situations in urban areas.
Our findings also have potential implications for the identification and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.
Water at informal settlements, where sanitation and waste management facilities were absent, had high bacteria levels.
Stomach pains are a rare symptom of COVID-19 and are much more likely to be caused by something else.
The Tubeho Neza programme has showed that it is possible to provide interventions against major diseases to vulnerable households.
At the turn of the century, the greatest threats were posed by infectious diseases today, the biggest threats are posed by lifestyle diseases.
In many cases you may still be contagious long after you’ve returned to school or work. But there are simple things you can do to minimise the risk of spreading it to others.
There’s growing evidence poo transplants can work for some conditions, including a type of diarrhoea. But they’re not for everyone.
Simple steps can lower your risk of bringing home traveller’s diarrhoea, respiratory infections and mosquito-borne diseases from your holiday.
The burden of communicable disease is declining in Africa and life expectancy is increasing. But non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer are wreaking havoc.
Rotavirus vaccines are expensive and take time to produce. For developing countries, the fact that the vaccines need cold storage also presents a challenge.
You gotta have guts to succeed at Rio 2016 – and very healthy ones, at that.
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Top contributors
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Deputy Manager Biotoxin Monitoring Programme, Scottish Association for Marine Science
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Metagenomics, University of Reading
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PhD student at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Addis Ababa University
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Honorary Fellow Nossal Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Physician, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Research Scientist and Director, Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Scientia Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor, Emory University
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Visiting lecturer, Research and Community Health, Ruli Higher Institute of Health
