The Drs. answer questions about an infection from a bug called C. difficile and soothe worries about donating blood.

I've had almost constant diarrhea since I got out of the hospital. They say I picked up an infection from a bug called C. difficile – difficult isn't the half of it. Help. – Susan P., Moline, Ill. That's a dangerous and draining infection.

Q I've had almost constant diarrhea since I got out of the hospital. They say I picked up an infection from a bug called C. difficile – difficult isn't the half of it! Help!

You've probably heard a little saying, "That which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger

With tubes coming out of his little body, David Casas Jr., who will turn one year on Tuesday, is waiting on a liver transplant at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. Baby David has been diagnosed with Biliary atresia, which is a blockage in the t…

At age 6, Austin Rath has already beaten the odds. He was born with short gut syndrome and only has 10 percent of his intestine, so he can't absorb most food or drink water, and he gets fed through an IV in a backpack 17 to 18 hours a day.

Tomoaki Kato, MD, FACS is Chief Professor of Surgery and Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant, Surgical Director, Liver Transplant Program, Director of Intestine Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. He was bo…

Eli Olsen of Escondido can't enjoy pizza or similar treats like other boys his age.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first DNA test to help health care professionals gauge the progress of anti-viral treatment in solid organ transplant patients undergoing cytomegalovirus (CMV) antiviral therapy.

A Daily Herald editorial suggests that while live organ donation is a major commitment that many people are understandably skittish about, agreeing now to donate your organs once you're dead is a lifesaving measure everyone can consider.