GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News From Medical News Today
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28 Jul 2010 at 6:00am
In final guidance published today, NICE is pleased to be able to recommend two new treatments; for inoperable advanced gastric cancer and for non small cell lung cancer...
25 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
NPS Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for rare gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders, announced the completion of patient randomization in its Phase 3 registration study of GATTEX® (teduglutide)...
24 Jul 2010 at 3:00am
Marc E. Rothenberg, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati Children's, has received an NIH MERIT Award to extend funding of his long-standing investigation into "Regulation of Gastrointestinal Eosinophils." Dr...
24 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
Children with celiac disease need to include certain must-have vitamins in their diets to stave off weak bones and osteoporosis, say researchers at the University of Alberta. A study of 43 children and teens from three to 18 years of age diagnosed with celiac disease showed that they also tended to have low bone density, likely due to poor intake and absorption of vitamins and minerals...
23 Jul 2010 at 4:00am
A large academic study has demonstrated structural changes in specific brain regions in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes pain and discomfort in the abdomen, along with diarrhea, constipation or both. A collaborative effort between UCLA and Canada's McGill University, the study appears in the July issue of the journal Gastroenterology...
23 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
Following a review of the oral vaccine Rotarix, the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has concluded that the vaccine continues to have a positive benefit-risk balance and that the presence of a very small amount of viral particles does not present a risk to public health...
22 Jul 2010 at 7:00am
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified the three protein fragments that make gluten - the main protein in wheat, rye and barley - toxic to people with coeliac disease. Their discovery opens the way for a new generation of diagnostics, treatments, prevention strategies and food tests for the millions of people worldwide with coeliac disease...
21 Jul 2010 at 5:00am
Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) announced newly published data showing the ASP EVOTECH® Endoscope Cleaner and Reprocessor (ECR) provides an automated approach superior to the manual cleaning required when using traditional AERs. Published in the July 20th issue of Biomed Central, the combination clinical-use and simulated-use study was led by Michelle Alfa, Ph.D...
21 Jul 2010 at 4:00am
Biomerix Corporation announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) Clearance to market its Biomerix Ventral Hernia Repair Mesh, the latest addition to its innovative portfolio of soft tissue repair devices...
20 Jul 2010 at 7:00am
Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have demonstrated a connection between multiple sclerosis (MS) - an autoimmune disorder that affects the brain and spinal cord - and gut bacteria. The work - led by Sarkis K...
20 Jul 2010 at 6:00am
Children given a hormone growth factor alongside chemotherapy for the aggressive cancer neuroblastoma are less likely to suffer a potentially deadly side-effect, according to a major international study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology*. The hormone, called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF), was already known to boost production of white blood cells...
19 Jul 2010 at 4:00am
That's the message of Drs. Roya Sayadi and Joel Herskowitz. They are a wife-husband team from Natick, Massachusetts, who are spreading the word that swallowing problems are everywhere - and they can be deadly. "Many people these days know about the dangers of falling in the elderly," said Sayadi, a speech-language pathologist with the Natick Visiting Nurse Association...
17 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
"This method is characterised by its high specificity for the Anisakis, Pseudoterranova, Contracaecum and Hysterothylacium genera and for its very high sensitivity, since the parasite can be detected even if it is present in very low quantities (0.05 pg) in the product analysed", Montserrat Espineira, co-author of the study explains to SINC...
16 Jul 2010 at 3:00am
Minimally invasive surgery is increasingly common and effective for operating inside the human abdomen. In these laparoscopic procedures, which use slender, handheld tools inserted into the body of the patient, the skill of the surgeon is the most important factor determining the success of the operation. A team of interdisciplinary researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has won a $2...
16 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
The National Institutes of Health has announced that the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR), established in 2005, will be funded for five more years...
