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New study finds celiac disease 4 times more common than in 1950s

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is over four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Gastroenterology.


Optical techniques show continued promise in detecting pancreatic cancer

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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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High-definition colonoscopy detects more polyps

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High-definition (HD) colonoscopy is much more sensitive than standard colonoscopy in finding polyps that could morph into cancer, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.


Minimally invasive treatment found effective for esophageal cancer

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have found that early stage cancers of the esophagus can be treated as effectively by less-invasive, organ-sparing endoscopic therapy as compared to more complex surgical removal of the esophagus, according to ...


Added anti-viral improves response, halves duration of hepatitis C treatment

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The addition of the anti-viral drug telaprevir to a standard treatment for hepatitis C can shorten the duration of therapy and increase the number of patients who can be cured of their disease, according to the results of ...


Alcoholics underestimate the risk of bleeding

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created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gastrointestinal bleeding can be fatal - something which is not known to many alcoholics. This was the conclusion reached by the Leipzig gastroenterologist Niels Teich and his colleagues, on the basis of a survey in the current ...


Many patients with sleep apnea also suffer from GI tract conditions

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created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) also tend to have additional gastrointestinal (GI) tract conditions, such as gastric reflux and hiatal hernia, which form at the opening in your diaphragm where your ...


Histochemistry is the golden standard in the diagnosis of carcinosarcomas

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created Nov 14, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A case study of carcinosarcoma has been published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology on November 7, 2007. The patient in the study was the first case of gastric carcinosarcoma obtained in this part of the world . The ...


Hepatitis B does not increase risk for pancreatic cancer

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created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer - and that only age is a contributing factor.


Henry Ford study: Drug used for neuropathic pain relieves discomfort from abdominal adhesions

Drug used for neuropathic pain relieves discomfort from abdominal adhesions

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pregabalin, FDA-approved for neuropathic pain (pain caused by shingles and peripheral neuropathy), effectively reduced abdominal pain and improved sleep in women with adhesions, according to a Henry Ford study.


Study examines reliability of clinical and pathological diagnoses of Barrett's esophagus

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created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a review of more than 2,000 patients coded for Barrett's esophagus, electronic diagnosis overestimated the prevalence of the disease according to researchers in California. They found that only 61.9 percent of patients ...


Carbon monoxide reverses diabetic gastric problem in mice

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that very low doses of inhaled carbon monoxide in diabetic mice reverses the condition known as gastroparesis or delayed stomach emptying, a common and painful complication for many diabetic ...



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