Archive for the ‘GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology’ Category
Friday, May 30th, 2008
A naturally occurring molecule made by symbiotic gut bacteria may offer a new type of treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, according to scientists at the California Institute of Technology."Most people tend to think of bacteria as insidious organisms that only make us sick," says Sarkis K. Mazmanian, an assistant professor ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Salmonella can also infect plant cells and successfully evade all the defence mechanisms of plants. As a result, cleaning the surfaces of raw fruits and vegetables, e.g. by washing, is not sufficient to protect against food poisoning. This surprising discovery, made during a ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has been formally notified by DOR BIOPHARMA UK Ltd of its decision to withdraw the application for a centralised marketing authorisation for the medicine orBec (beclomethasone dipropionate) 1 mg tablets and 1 mg gastro-resistant tablets. orBec was expected to be used for the treatment of ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Movetis NV, a European-based GI specialist pharmaceutical company, announces that it has presented substantial new data from different studies this week at the prestigious Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2008 Congress. The data, that are part of a comprehensive development program with over 82 ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Over the course of two hours on a recent Friday, 20 people arrived, one by one, for emergency care at the Palisades Medical Center here. Each separately complained of various gastrointestinal symptoms, including nausea and diarrhea. A coincidence? Or the harbinger of a brewing ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
A probe so sensitive that it can tell whether or not a cell living within the human body is veering towards cancer development may revolutionize how future colonoscopies are done, say researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla.Investigators have found that technology known as a high resolution confocal endomicroscopy ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Movetis NV,a European-based GI specialist pharmaceutical company,today announces that it has presented substantial new data from different studies this week at the prestigious Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2008 Congress. The data, that are part of a comprehensive development program with over 82 trials, reinforce the efficacy and safety profile of ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Entereg (alvimopan) to accelerate the restoration of normal bowel function in patients 18 years and up who have undergone partial large or small bowel resection surgery. Entereg will be used in hospitalized patients who can receive no more than 15 doses. "Patients who ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Adolor Corporation (Nasdaq:ADLR) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Entereg® (alvimopan) capsules to help patients regain gastrointestinal (GI) function earlier following bowel resection surgery. Postoperative ileus (POI) is a condition that affects almost all patients undergoing this type of surgery and can cause ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that its Surgical Devices business unit has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market the Covidien SILS™ Procedure Kit, indicated for Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery and other advanced laparoscopic procedures. The devices in the kit can be used ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Capsule endoscopy is a well accepted tool for evaluation of small bowel pathologies (e.g., bleeding sources). However, it has some limitations due to restricted recording time and reduced visibility by air and residual material. Several forms of preparation (e.g., prokinetic drugs, laxatives and defoaming agents) have been tried to ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Ischemic injury to the bowel is a well known disease entity that has a wide spectrum of pathological and clinical findings. A sudden drop in the colonic blood supply is key to its development. However, chronic venous insufficiency by obstruction of macrovascular mesenteric vein rarely causes ischemia of the ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
It is not uncommon to find tissue that normally lines the stomach in locations outside of the digestive tract. This "heterotopic" gastric tissue has been identified in such diverse locations as the scrotum, the gall bladder, and the spinal cord.This case, reported by a team led by Dr. Steven Paul ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Patients with cirrhosis of the liver develop abnormally dilated blood vessels in esophagus. These are called esophageal varices. Blood vomiting may occur from the rupture of these varices, which may be fatal, so it is important to eradicate these varices. To achieve this, an elastic band device is used. This ...
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