Herb used to treat diabetes works like modern-day prescription drugs, study suggests
...native to regions of India and Sri Lanka, binds to intestinal enzymes that break down carbohydrates in the body....ed no herbal extract. As Salacia oblonga can cause intestinal gas, the researchers had the study participants collect breath hydrogen samples hourly for eight hou...Emergency department study supports giving dehydrated children fluids by mouth
...to young children dehydrated by common stomach and intestinal inflammations, according to a new study by emergency medicine physicians. Because oral therapy can be started more quickly and is less painful for the child than IV treatment, the researchers say it should be the preferred treatment for children with...Calcium and vitamin D most effective for treatment of Crohn's-related bone loss
...el disease that causes chronic inflammation of the intestinal wall. While the cause of Crohn's is relatively unknown, it usually starts during the teenage years or early adulthood and is characterized by pain in the abdomen, diarrhea and weight loss. According to the most recent data from the National Health ...Routine use of nose-to-stomach tube slows recovery from abdominal surgery
...urgery, once thought to speed the return of normal intestinal functions, actually slows recovery, according to a...ions such as appendicitis, gallstones, stomach and intestinal cancer, gynecological disorders and abdominal injury. Resumption of digestive processes is the key f...New network of gastrointestinal immune cells discovered
...an extensive system of immune cells throughout the intestinal tract that take up bacteria and other antigens, gi...be destroyed. Exactly how dendritic cells monitor intestinal contents and recognize harmful organisms was unknown, and learning more about that process was a goa...UT Southwestern researchers find calcium intake contributing factor in formation of kidney stones
... patients who have moderately to severely elevated intestinal calcium absorption and urinary calcium levels," she said. The same is true for patients with calcium phosphate stones, said Beverley Adams-Huet, an author of both studies, a faculty associate in internal medicine and a biostatistician in UT Southwes...New study shows how mad cow prions hitch a ride into intestine
...also known as prions, cross the normally stringent intestinal barrier by riding piggyback on ferritin, a protein...bout the mechanism by which prions cross the human intestinal barrier, which can be a particularly difficult obstacle to cross. "The mad cow epidemic is far from...Reducing anti-rejection meds after transplant shows less complications
...ansplantation Institute have dramatically improved intestinal transplant graft survival, and reduced rejection a...those treated with thymoglobulin. Of the 123 intestinal transplants, 55 involved children, while the other 68 were adult cases. The current success of......ple in the developing world are seriously ill from intestinal worms. Treatment is cheap and effective--and if successfully delivered with other public-health measures could make a substantial contribution to achieving many of the world's Millennium development Goals (MDGs), concludes the lead editorial in this ...Infection puts extremely low birth weight infants at risk for developmental delays
... had both sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis (an intestinal infection), 42 percent received low mental development scores, compared to 22 percent who had not had an infection. Dr. Higgins explained that before the current study, researchers had known that ELBW infants were more likely to experience problems w...Infections in low-birth-weight infants are associated with impaired neurodevelopment and growth
...m, and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe intestinal disease linked to infection. Overall, 41 percent of the assessed infants had at least one adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. Infants without infection were least likely to have adverse outcomes, while those with sepsis/NEC were most likely. O...Can cabbage help prevent cervical cancer?
...nclude aggravation of migraines and an increase in intestinal gas (!) The trial is sponsored by Cancer Research UK and is being run in conjunction with Dr Hilary Fielder Director Cervical Screening Wales Cervical Screening Wales. All women in the area who have either a second borderline or mildly abnormal cerv...ZETIA(R) co-administered with fenofibrate provided complementary lipid lowering efficacy
...s of cholesterol-lowering agents that inhibits the intestinal absorption of cholesterol through a unique mechanism of action. ZETIA is complementary to the class of cholesterol-lowering agents known as statins, which work in the liver to reduce the production of cholesterol. ZETIA, along with diet, is indicat...Capsule endoscopy aids in detection of small bowel tumors inaccessible to other diagnostic tests
...ery, antenna and radio transmitter. Images of the intestinal tract are transmitted twice each second by radio frequency to an array of sensors worn around the patient's abdomen and the signals are digitally recorded on a device that is later downloaded. The patient swallows the capsule in the morning and wears...FOSRENOL (R) maintains bone health status of end-stage renal disease patients
...removal of phosphate by dialysis and inhibition of intestinal phosphate absorption with phosphate binders. FOSRENOL does not contain calcium or aluminum. Pharmacodynamics: Lanthanum carbonate dissociates in the acid environment of the upper GI tract to release lanthanum ions that bind dietary phosphate relea...FDA approves Fosrenol(R) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients
...g-term safety issues to high pill burdens and poor intestinal tolerability. I believe FOSRENOL moves us closer to the ideal phosphate binder, since it can be integrated easily into patients' day-to-day schedules and has shown reliable efficacy and safety in a number of well designed clinical trials". In clini...Swallowing multiple magnets poses danger to children
...mach, they can attract each other through opposing intestinal walls, which can lead to obstruction, necrosis (ce...o remove the beads and repair a perforation in the intestinal wall. In the second case, a 22-month-old boy swallowed seven small, tablet-shaped magnets. They...Doctors can improve colorectal cancer screening rates
...en dependent on stage of disease that is, a small intestinal polyp carries a better prognosis than a large mass. CRC testing, by fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or endoscopic examination, has been shown to improve prognosis by detecting disease earlier. That's why many health groups recommend CRC screening for ...Oats not safe for all patients with celiac disease
...cent studies suggested that oats did not cause the intestinal inflammation characteristic of the disease, and th... gluten, which is characterized by gluten-reactive intestinal T cells and by inflammation and compromised function of the small intestine. Ludvig Sollid and coll...Weight loss surgery can help reduce metabolic syndrome in obese patients
...ss (surgery that causes food to bypass much of the intestinal tract, thereby limiting absorption of calories) was performed in 117 patients (18.1 percent). There was significant weight loss in both groups, but patients who underwent laparoscopic gastric bypass lost significantly more weight (average 38.4 k...