News tagged with small intestine
Aspirin protection for Lynch syndrome
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A daily dose of aspirin can prevent the occurrence of cancer in people with a genetic predisposition towards Lynch syndrome, a Newcastle University scientist has told Europe’s largest cancer congress. Lynch ...
Type of connection procedure after pancreatic surgery influenced rate of pancreatic fistula
Apr 30, 2009 |
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After surgery to remove the head of the pancreas, invagination of the pancreas into the small intestine resulted in a lower rate of pancreatic fistula, according to researchers at the Jefferson Pancreas, Biliary and Related ...
Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease linked
Dec 10, 2008 |
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Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and celiac disease appear to share a common genetic origin, scientists at the University of Cambridge and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, have confirmed.
Small intestine can sense and react to bitter toxins in food
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Toxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. New UC Irvine research finds that bitterness also slows the digestive process, keeping bad food in the stomach longer and increasing the ...
How gastric bypass rapidly reverses diabetes symptoms
Sep 02, 2008 |
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A report in the September Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, offers new evidence to explain why those who undergo gastric bypass surgery often show greater control of their diabetes symptoms within days. It als ...
