News tagged with duodenum
Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus, UT Southwestern Medical Center ...
Endoscopy within 24 hours shows better outcomes in elderly with peptic ulcer bleeding
Aug 18, 2009 |
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A new study shows that elderly patients who underwent endoscopy within one day of presentation for peptic ulcer bleeding had a two-day shorter hospital stay and were less likely to require upper gastrointestinal surgery than ...
Optical techniques show continued promise in detecting pancreatic cancer
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Optical technology developed by a Northwestern University professor of biomedical engineering has been shown to be effective in detecting the presence of pancreatic cancer through analysis of neighboring tissue in the duodenum, ...
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Surgical treatment a rare complication of duodenal diverticulum
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Most of the duodenal diverticula are diagnosed incidentally and asymptomatic, 12% to 27 % at endoscopy. Only 5% to 10% of patients with duodenal diverticula suffer from clinical symptoms. Furthermore, less than 1% of patients ...
A strange case of upper obstructive syndrome
Feb 22, 2008 |
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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 ...
Tailoring surgical glues for specific applications
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgical adhesives, which can be used to seal tissues after an operation or to repair wounds, are becoming increasingly important parts of a doctor's toolkit. However, their one-size-fits-all ...
Type 2 diabetes may be caused by intestinal dysfunction
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Growing evidence shows that surgery may effectively cure Type 2 diabetes -- an approach that not only may change the way the disease is treated, but that introduces a new way of thinking about diabetes.
Sealing off portion of intestinal lining treats obesity, resolves diabetes in animal model
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Lining the upper portion of the small intestine with an impermeable sleeve led to both weight loss and restoration of normal glucose metabolism in an animal model of obesity-induced diabetes. Investigators from the Massachusetts ...
Road wends its way through stomach
Sep 18, 2006 |
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A computer model or "virtual stomach" revealed a central "road" in the human stomach, dubbed the Magenstrasse, that could explain why pharmaceuticals sometimes have a large variability in drug activation times, according ...
Determining risk for pancreatic cancer
Feb 24, 2009 |
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In the latest clinical trial for a technique to detect pancreatic cancer, researchers found they could differentiate cells that are cancerous from those that are benign, pre-cancerous, or even early stage ...
How to confirm the causes of iron deficiency anemia in young women
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) is commonly seen in women aged ...
Endoscopy may not be necessary in asymptomatic children after caustic ingestion
Sep 26, 2008 |
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A new study from researchers in Italy reports that endoscopy may not be necessary in children who show no symptoms after a caustic ingestion. The results demonstrated that the incidence of severe abnormalities of the esophagus ...
'Normal' cells far from cancer give nanosignals of trouble
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Northwestern University-led study of human colon, pancreatic and lung cells is the first to report that cancer cells and their non-cancerous cell neighbors, although quite different under the microscope, ...
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