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New studies explore connection between high stress jobs and GI disorders

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

In two new studies, presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego, researchers explored the connection between high stress, high exposure occupations and long-term ...


Study indicates cancer preventive effect for statins

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The commonly used prescription statin drugs may have a protective effect in the prevention of liver cancer and lead to a reduction in the need for gallbladder removals, according to two studies published in Gastroenterology. As mil ...


Research uncovers promising target to treat chronic abdominal pain

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

High levels of a protein linked to the way pain signals are sent to the brain led to a decrease in abdominal pain in a recent study in mice.


Researchers identify gene variant associated with both autism and gastrointestinal dysfunction

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and Vanderbilt University have identified a specific gene variant that links increased genetic risk for autism with gastrointestinal (GI) conditions.





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How to execute dietary management in eating disorder patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Substances that provoke gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with eating disorders (ED) can impact negatively on their nutritional rehabilitation. An Australian research group has found that ingestion of fructose-sorbitol ...


Herbal medicines could treat gastrointestinal disease

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Herbal medicines could benefit patients suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders that cannot be treated using conventional drug therapy. In a study published in Neurogastroenterology and Motility, researchers review ...


Old gastrointestinal drug slows aging

Chemistry /

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Recent animal studies have shown that clioquinol - an 80-year old drug once used to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders - can reverse the progression of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. ...


Antidepressant and placebo are equally effective in child pain relief

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

When used "off-label," the antidepressant amitriptyline works just as well as placebo in treating pain-predominant gastrointestinal disorders in children, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journa ...


Adult gut can generate new neurons

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The adult lower digestive tract can be stimulated to add neurons to the intestinal system, according to new mouse research in the August 5 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that drugs similar to the ne ...


What is the etiology of cardiac syndrome X?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Non-cardiac chest pain remains a widespread symptom especially in western countries with a significant economic burden. Patients with chest pain and abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) but normal coronary angiogram (i.e. ...


Bone marrow stem cells may help control inflammatory bowel disease

Biology /

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have found that infusions of a particular bone marrow stem cell appeared to protect gastrointestinal tissue from autoimmune attack in a mouse model. In their report published ...


The missionary doctor

The missionary doctor

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Kenneth Chang has built one of the nation's finest digestive disease centers for UC Irvine Healthcare with a drive and passion inspired by doctors he assisted in a poor Taiwanese fishing ...


A potential treatment for gastric motility disorders

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GES or pacing has been under investigation as a potential therapy for gastrointestinal motility disorders. Conventionally, GES is performed using a single pair of electrodes or single-channel GES. However, few studies have ...


Packages of care for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the latest article in PLoS Medicine's series proposing the delivery of "packages of care" for mental, neurological and substance-use disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Vivek Benegal and colleagues discuss the tr ...



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