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Proton pump inhibitors and histamine2 receptor antagonists – types of acid suppressive medications commonly taken to treat the overproduction of gastric acid, such as acid reflux (GERD/GORD), dyspepsia, and peptic ulcer disease may raise the risk of pneumonia, researchers from … Continue reading →

In teenagers, laparoscopic gastric banding surgery for treatment of extreme obesity can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, a new study found. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. An increasing … Continue reading →

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN) announced that Anisa Shaker, MD, is the recipient of the AGA-General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition Research Scholar Award in Gut Physiology and Health. This award … Continue reading →

Godstone Farm in Surrey has closed to visitors while the Health Protection Agency leads the investigation into an outbreak of E Coli 0157 among people who have visited there. The Agency’s Surrey and Sussex Health Protection Unit (HPU) is working … Continue reading →

Could the bacteria that we carry in our bodies decide who we marry? According to a new study from Tel Aviv University, the answer lies in the gut of a small fruit fly. Prof. Eugene Rosenberg, Prof. Daniel Segel and … Continue reading →

W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced at the 35th annual VEITHsymposium™ in New York that it has received regulatory clearance from Health Canada’s Therapeutic Products Directorate to market the GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis and GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis … Continue reading →

Scientists who last year identified a new genetic risk factor for coeliac disease, have, following continued research, discovered an additional seven gene regions implicated in causing the condition. The team, lead by David van Heel, Professor of Gastrointestinal Genetics at … Continue reading →

Patients with the condition commonly known as heartburn may benefit from lifestyle interventions rather than just medication, suggest researchers in this month’s British Journal of General Practice (BJGP). Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) affects between 20% and 40% of the population … Continue reading →

Radiologists at Duke University Medical Center have developed a scale called the Duke Abdominal Assessment Scale (DAAS) to assist clinicians in determining the severity of disease and the need for surgery in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), according to a … Continue reading →

In a study testing the safety and efficacy of treatment with tribendimidine for intestinal worm infections, researchers have published some positive results. The group – comprising of researchers from the Swiss Tropical Institute in Basel, the National Institute of Parasitic … Continue reading →