Archive for the ‘GastroIntestinal’ Category
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
In an article recently recommended by Bradley Kropp of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, researchers find chewing gum is a simple solution to the recovery of bowel function after gastrointestinal surgery - a problem that has troubled patients and physicians for decades.
Authors of the paper published in Urology evaluated 102 patients ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
In recent years, serious concerns about the dangers of kava and the effects on the liver have resulted in regulatory agencies, such as the US Food and Drug Administration and Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration, banning or restricting the sale of kava and kava products.
Originally from Fiji, where kava drinking is ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Endometriosis is a condition of unknown etiology in which endometrial tissue occurs at extra-uterine sites, including ovaries, fallopian tubes, and gastrointestinal tract. It usually occurs between 30 and 40 years of age. Four to 17% of menstruating women develop endometriosis. When the disease involves the small bowel, it usually has ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Aorto-duodenal fistulae (ADF) are the most frequent aorto-enteric fistulae (80%) and the most frequent presenting sign of ADF is upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGI). A 59-year-old male patient, who underwent an aortic-bi-femoral bypass five years ago, was admitted to the Emergency Room after five days of persistent occlusive syndrome with dyspepsia ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Gastrointestinal congenital anomalies are rare entities in an adult patient. Commonly they are located in the upper gastrointestinal system and present with intestinal symptoms such as bleeding, obstruction and/or perforation of the intestine. One extraordinary case of colon duplication was recently reported in the World Journal of Gastroenterology because of ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
The benign biliary tract tumor is rarely found in clinical practice. One case of bile duct adenomyoma was recently reported in the January 28 issue of the World Journal of Gastroenterology. This paper cited studies on how to differentiate it pre-operatively, and may be helpful to surgeons and beneficial to ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAN) announced that Rotarix(R), an oral, two-dose rotavirus candidate vaccine to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants, received a favorable recommendation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC). AVANT licensed the technology for Rotarix® to GlaxoSmithKline in 1997 ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Gastric Acid May Help Protect Against Foodborne Diseases
A new study suggests that low levels of gastric acid in the stomach can increase one's likelihood of getting a foodborne infection. The researchers from Australia report their findings in the February 2008 issue of the journal Infection and Immunity.
The belief that gastric ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
In patients with advanced acute pancreatitis, probiotics are associated with increased mortality and do not actually reduce the risk of additional infection, according to an article published on February 14, 2008 in The Lancet.
Infectious complications and the associated increased risk of mortality are prime concerns when caring for patients with ...
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