People who visit developing countries may soon be able to avoid a dreaded companion — traveler's diarrhea — with the aid of a vaccine that's being tested in a study led by a Houston doctor. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO — An experimental formulation of rifamycin under development by Santarus shortens the duration of symptoms of traveler's diarrhea by about a day, a new study shows. The formulation ...

The use of preventive measures and self-treatment for travelers' diarrhea is routine in regions where the occurrence of diarrhea is predictably high. People traveling to these areas who do not ...

Planning some international travel as one of your New Year's resolutions? Then be forewarned: Travelers' diarrhea is becoming harder to treat. The antibiotics typically used to treat travelers' ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new antibiotic works well to reduce the misery of traveler's diarrhea, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Tests of Optimer Pharmaceuticals drug prulifloxacin show it ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A single-dose of the antibiotic azithromycin, sold in the U.S. under the trade name Zithromax, is recommended as the first therapy to use against traveler's diarrhea, ...

I work in a travel-medicine clinic and prescribe chemoprophylaxis for traveler’s diarrhea (TD) to every patient leaving the country. The 1985 NIH study stating that chemoprophylaxis is not recommended ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- If you come home from your vacation with a case of "Montezuma's revenge," a bland diet may not help.A study of college students taking antibiotics for traveler's diarrhea ...

The last thing you want when traveling is a major illness to derail the trip. Baylor College of Medicine infectious disease expert Dr. Stacey Rose explains the precautions you can take to prevent ...

Taking antibiotics for diarrhea may put travelers visiting developing parts of the world at higher risk for contracting superbugs and spreading these daunting drug-resistant bacteria to their home ...

Vacationers hit with an E. coli infection known as “travelers’ diarrhea” have another remedy option after the FDA approved Aemcolo, a new antibacterial drug for adults by Cosmo Technologies. The drug ...