Breaking news on gastrointestinal
Multivitamins Don't Alter Colon Cancer Recurrence Or Death Risk published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:00 PDT
Individuals with colon cancer who took multivitamins after surgery, either before, during or after chemotherapy experienced no significant change in their risk of the cancer coming back, or dying from colon cancer, wrote researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in an article published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...
Risk Of Gestational Diabetes, Cesarean Section, Reduced In The Obese By Bariatric Operations published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Obese women who have bariatric surgical procedures before pregnancy were three times less likely to develop gestational diabetes (GDM) than women who have bariatric operations after delivery, according to new research findings published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons...
Health, Agriculture, Biofuels Impacted By Microbial Breakthrough published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
For the first time ever, University of Illinois researchers have discovered how microbes break down hemicellulose plant matter into simple sugars using a cow rumen bacterium as a model. "This is ground-breaking research," said Isaac Cann, associate professor in the U of I Department of Animal Sciences and member of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in the Institute for Genomic Biology...
Food Industry, USDA Criticized For Recent Salmonella Outbreak, Egg Recall published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
USA Today reports that food safety groups are slamming how well U.S. Department of Agriculture regulated the farms implicated in the salmonella outbreak...
Anti-Cancer Gene To Be Activated By Researchers published
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers at the Faculty of Health Sciences have succeeded in decoding the genetic key that gives particular intestinal cells their identity. With this knowledge of the complex network of genes the researchers now hope to stop colon cancer by activating special anti-cancer genes. Colon sloughs lining The intestines have to work properly if we are to benefit from the food we eat...
Bleeding In Cirrhosis Patients May Be Reduced By Adherence To Practice Guidelines published
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Compliance with practice guideline-recommended treatment for cirrhosis is associated with a reduction in first esophageal variceal hemorrhage (EVH; bleeding), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver is permanently scarred or injured...
Improved Salmonella And Campylobacter Detection Using Hyperspectral Imaging published
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A type of high-tech imaging can be used to distinguish the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter from other microorganisms as quickly as 24 hours after a sample is placed on solid media in a Petri dish, according to a study published by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists...
As Hundreds Die Of Cholera, Nigeria Warns Of National Threat published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:00:00 PDT
Since the beginning of June this year there have been over 350 confirmed deaths and 6,400 cases of cholera in Nigeria, according to the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health. Authorities are now warning the whole country is threatened by a cholera outbreak. A significant proportion of cholera cases and deaths are occurring in the north of the country...
Team To Explore How C. difficile Causes Illness, How Gut Microbiota And Immune Response Influence Who Is Vulnerable published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Clostridium difficile, a wily, familiar bacterium, causes a growing number of serious infections in U.S. hospitals and nursing homes. With a $7.5 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health, University of Michigan researchers plan to discover what factors in the microbe and in patients make C. difficile a formidable, costly problem. C...
Crohn's Disease Could Be Treated With Banana Plantain Fibers published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Crohn's is a condition that affects one in 800 people in the UK and causes chronic intestinal inflammation, leading to pain, bleeding and diarrhoea. Researchers are working with biotechnology company, Provexis, to test a new plantain based food product that could treat patients with the disease...
Tranzyme Pharma To Present Ulimorelin Data Showing Reduction In Daily Vomiting In Patients With Diabetic Gastroparesis published
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Tranzyme Pharma announced that John Wo, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Clinical Research, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, will present ulimorelin Phase 2 data at this year's Joint International NGM Meeting on Saturday, August 28, 2010. The conference is being held at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA...
NICE Consults Again On Appraisal Of Bevacizumab For The Treatment Of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer published
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
NICE is issuing a second consultation document as part of its appraisal of bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with chemotherapy (oxaliplatin and either 5-fluorouracil or capecitabine) for treating metastatic colorectal cancer. This second draft of the guidance does not recommend bevacizumab for this indication. This draft guidance has been issued for consultation...
Potential New Treatments For Bowel Diseases With The Reshaping Of The Gut Microbiome published
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Home to a diverse range of microorganisms, a healthy human body contains at least tenfold more bacteria cells than human cells. The most abundant and diverse microbial community resides in the intestine, and changes to the gut microbiota are linked with diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease...
Soligenix Announces Award Of $1.2 Million FDA Orphan Products Development Grant published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has been awarded a three year $1.2 million clinical research grant by the Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pursuant to its Orphan Products Development (OPD) Program...
Rectal Cancer Rates Rising Among Young Americans published
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:00:00 PDT
A new study published in a leading journal reports that rectal cancer appears to be rising among Americans under the age of 40, while colon cancer rates have remained steady for several decades; the study says more effort should go into diagnosing rectal cancer in young people...
Getting The Facts On Constipation published
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
While sometimes the solution is simple, for example, short-term use of a laxative or eating more fiber, relieving constipation sometimes can be more difficult. For many older adults, constipation is a chronic problem that requires an individualized treatment plan...
Stress Management, Diet Changes Improve Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms published
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
When persistent cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, gas, diarrhea and constipation are causing distress and frequent bathroom trips, the next stop should be a visit to the doctor. These symptoms, commonly caused by irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), often can be minimized with diet and lifestyle changes...
Gut Microbes May Provide Targets For Food-Borne Diseases published
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
At any given time, trillions of tiny microbes - some helpful, some harmful - are living on and in humans, forming communities and outnumbering the body's own cells tenfold. Using a $7...
New FDA Laws On Egg Safety Would Have Prevented Salmonella Outbreak, Feds Say published
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
The Washington Post: "Salmonella-infected eggs traceable to a large egg producer in Iowa may have caused as many as 1,200 cases of intestinal illness ... The eggs went to distribution companies in 17 states, mostly west of the Mississippi River, but were then sold nationwide. ...
Stomach Bacteria Need Vitamin To Establish Infection published
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Scientists have determined that Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes peptic ulcers and some forms of stomach cancer, requires the vitamin B6 to establish and maintain chronic infection, according to research published this week in the online journal mBio™...
Gut Microbes May Provide Therapeutic Targets For Food-Borne Diseases published
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
At any given time, trillions of tiny microbes - some helpful, some harmful - are living on and in humans, forming communities and outnumbering the body's own cells tenfold. Using a $7...
UT Southwestern Scientists Pry New Information From Disease-Causing, Shellfish-Borne Bacterium published
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered a key weapon in the molecular arsenal the infectious bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus (V. para) uses to kill cells and cause food poisoning in its human host. Dr...
Unequal Health Care Increases Colorectal Cancer Mortality In Blacks published
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Black patients die from colorectal cancer at much higher rates than whites do and new research points to unequal health care as the cause. While deaths from colorectal cancer have declined over the past 40 years, the declines have been uneven, said lead author Samir Soneji, Ph.D., of the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania...
New Colorectal Cancer Screening Coverage To Drive US Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Device Market To Almost $2.2 Billion By 2014 published
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, new coverage instituted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will remove the financial disincentives associated with colorectal cancer screening for a large segment of the US population...
Curb Appetite By Designing Fats That Are Digested More Slowly published
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Institute of Food Research scientists have discovered an unexpected synergy that helps break down fat. The discovery provides a focus to find ways to slow down fat digestion, and ultimately to create food structures that induce satiety...
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