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Malabsorption
Malabsorption is a state arising from abnormality in absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Impairment can be of single or multiple nutrients depending on the abnormality. This may lead to malnutrition and a variety of anaemias.
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Fructose intolerance common in children with functional abdominal pain
Fructose intolerance, or fructose malabsorption, is common in children with recurrent or functional abdominal pain, but the condition can be effectively managed with a low‐fructose diet, according to the results of ...
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Panel asks dairy avoiders: Are you getting enough?
Lactose intolerance is a real and important clinical syndrome, but quantifying its public health burden is challenging. An NIH Consensus Development panel was convened this week to assess the available evidence on lactose ...
Feb 24, 2010 |
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New syndrome of allergy, apraxia, malabsorption characterized
A landmark study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new syndrome in children that presents with a combination of allergy, apraxia and malabsorption.
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Jul 14, 2009 |
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Researchers find vitamin D absorption is diminished in patients with Crohn's disease
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have for the first time shown that reduced vitamin D absorption in patients with quiescent Crohn's disease (CD) may be the cause for their increased risk for vitamin ...
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Jan 18, 2011 |
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Experts issue recommendations for treatment of post-bariatric surgery patients
Today, The Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline for the nutritional and endocrine management of adults after bariatric surgery, including those with diabetes mellitus. The guideline features a series ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Vitamin D deficiency puts IBD patients at greater risk of osteoporosis
Vitamin D deficiency puts patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) at greater risk of osteoporosis, osteopenia and an overall higher rate of abnormal bone density, according to the results of a new study unveiled today ...
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Oct 18, 2010 |
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Loss of nutrients following gastric bypass surgery in adolescent girls
An increasing number of obese adolescents, particularly females, are undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Yet a case study presented Sunday, Oct. 3, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition ...
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Oct 03, 2010 |
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Study finds rate of celiac disease is growing
Working to solve the puzzle of when people develop celiac disease has led researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Celiac Research to some surprising findings. They have found that the autoimmune ...
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Sep 27, 2010 |
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Inflammatory bowel disease in kids is on a mysterious rise
For 10-year-old Jacob Krause, getting ready for the new school year wasn't a simple matter of back-to-school shopping. It also involved working out logistics for getting to the bathroom as many as 20 times during a single ...
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Sep 14, 2010 |
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The Medical Minute: Bariatric surgery and diabetes
Being overweight is the greatest risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. With two thirds of the U.S. population now overweight and half of these individuals (one third) meeting the medical definition of obese, the connection ...
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Sep 08, 2010 |
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New vitamin D recommendations for older men and women
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has released a new position statement on Vitamin D for older adults which makes important recommendations for vitamin D nutrition from an evidence-based perspective.
May 10, 2010 |
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New research may help patients with intestinal failure, other malabsorptive disorders
New treatments for intestinal failure and other intestinal absorption disorders are a step closer to the patients who need them after a discovery in Kelly Tappenden's University of Illinois laboratory.
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May 04, 2010 |
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Antimicrobial antibodies in celiac disease: Trick or treat?
Anti-microbial antibody formation has been reported in celiac disease. Relatively high positivity rates were observed for the conventional antibodies, for example, ASCA, anti-OmpW, and anti-I2, and they were known to decrease ...
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Aug 26, 2009 |
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