News tagged with stomach
Spider pill to seek out diseases
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A remotely controlled 'spider pill' with eight moving legs and a miniature camera may become the next tool of choice in diagnosing cancers of the stomach and colon.
Scientists Discover Hunger's Timekeeper
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have identified cells in the stomach that regulate the release of a hormone associated with appetite. The group is the first to show that ...
Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli (w/Videos)
Apr 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that ...
Bacterial protein mimics its host to disable a key enzyme (w/ Video)
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria use all sorts of cunning to trick hosts into doing their bidding. One con in their bag of tricks: the molecular mimic. In this ruse, bacteria or their agents look for all purposes like some native ...
Muscle cell infusion shown to strengthen sphincters in animals
Dec 04, 2009 |
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A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine's ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat patients with conditions such as gastric ...
Got a pain? -- Have a cup of Brazilian mint
Nov 24, 2009 |
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For thousands of years it has been prescribed by traditional healers in Brazil to treat a range of ailments from headaches and stomach pain to fever and flu.
Important defense against stomach ulcer bacterium identified
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A special protein in the lining of the stomach has been shown to be an important part of the body's defense against the stomach ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the Univer ...
How diarrheal bacteria cause some colon cancers revealed in mouse studies
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins scientists say they have figured out how bacteria that cause diarrhea may also be the culprit in some colon cancers. The investigators say that strains of the common Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) ...
Scientists identify stomach’s timekeepers of hunger
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New York collaborators at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have identified cells in the stomach that time the release of a hormone that makes animals anticipate food and eat even when they are not hungry. ...
Uncovering the secrets of ulcer-causing bacteria
Aug 12, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from Boston University, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently made a discovery that changes a long held paradigm about how bacteria move through soft ...
When eating and dieting, follow your gut
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eating a small lunch doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be so hungry for dinner that you’ll eat more than usual, a new study suggests.
Tummy troubles -- gastrin key in bacterial-induced stomach cancer
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Current research suggests that levels of gastrin play a key role in the development of Helicobacter-induced stomach cancer. The related report by Takaishi et al, "Gastrin is an essential cofactor for Helicobacter-associated gastric corpu ...
Research finds single gene controls growth of some cancers
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Research led by Ashok Aiyar, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, showing that a single gene can control growth in cancers related to the Epstein-Barr ...
Carbon monoxide reverses diabetic gastric problem in mice
Jun 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
Study: Radio waves erase pre-cancer cells in esophagus
May 28, 2009 |
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Heat generated by radio waves erases most pre-cancerous cells associated with chronic acid reflux, providing an alternative to surgery or the current wait-and-see approach.
