News tagged with functional gastrointestinal disorder

New studies explore connection between high stress jobs and GI disorders

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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

Herbal medicines could treat gastrointestinal disease

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

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




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Is dairy colostrum the key to Olympic success?

Scientists investigating natural ways to enhance athletic performance have found that bovine colostrum can massively reduce gut permeability – otherwise known as 'leaky gut syndrome.' Their findings, published in the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Probiotic identified to treat ulcers

Researchers from Spain have identified a strain of probiotic bacteria that may be useful in treating ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori. They report their findings in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Envir ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NIH researchers link rare cancer to cell oxygen deficiency

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered that a rare cancer of the digestive tract is linked to a shutdown in an enzyme that helps supply oxygen to cells.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hormone's crucial role in 2 anemic blood disorders

A hormone made by the body may be a potential therapeutic tool for the treatment of two anemic blood disorders -- beta-thalassemia and hemochromatosis. The new research was led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny Trojan horses attack brain cancer cells

Scientists in Germany have developed a way of smuggling an anti-cancer drug past the protective blood-brain barrier and into brain tumours and metastases using a nanocarrier – a tiny capsule specially designed to pass ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The world is not flat: Exploring cells and tissues in three dimensions

The cells and tissues in our bodies grow, develop and interact in a highly complex, three-dimensional world. Likewise, the various microbial pathogens that invade our bodies and cause infectious disease interact ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stem cell research: What progress has been made, what is its potential?

The use of stem cells for research and their possible application in the treatment of disease are hotly debated topics. In a special issue of Translational Research published this month an international group of medical expert ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Circadian rhythms: Their role and dysfunction in affective disorder

All humans are synchronised to the rhythmic light-dark changes that occur on a daily basis. Rhythms in physiological and biochemical processes and behavioural patterns persist in the absence of all external 24-hour signals ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds structural brain alterations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

A large academic study has demonstrated structural changes in specific brain regions in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes pain and discomfort in the abdomen, along ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Autism-related study discovers how drug interferes with neuronal cell function

A York University study has shown for the first time how the drug misoprostol, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental defects associated with autism, interferes with neuronal cell function.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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