New drugs for inflammatory bowel disease Ruby khatun khatun22 Jan 2018 8:29 PM ISTLas Vegas, NV: 1.6 million Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) -- which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Currently,...
Personalizing treatment of gastrointestinal cancers with patient-derived organoids: British Journal of Surgery Ruby khatun khatun21 Jan 2018 7:56 PM ISTA new BJS (British Journal of Surgery) review highlights the potential of 3D organoid models derived from patient cells to help personalize therapy...
Bariatric surgery prolongs lifespan in obese Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Jan 2018 7:27 PM ISTObese, middle-age men and women who had bariatric surgery have half the death rate of those who had traditional medical treatment over a 10-year...
Gastric bypass as good as sleeve gastrectomy in Morbid obesity: JAMA Ruby khatun khatun18 Jan 2018 7:28 PM ISTIn Switzerland, 5,500 operations to combat morbid obesity are conducted every year. Gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomy operations perform...
Oxysterols guide gut immune cells and are involved in inflammatory bowel disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jan 2018 7:15 PM ISTResearchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that cholesterol metabolites cause specific immune cells in the large intestine to move, which...
What Treatment for Appendicitis Would Most Patients Choose, Surgery or Antibiotics? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Jan 2018 7:00 PM ISTBottom Line: Most people picked surgery over antibiotics if they or their child had appendicitis.Why The Research Is Interesting: Studies have...
Robotic implants may help in esophageal atresia and short bowel syndrome Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Jan 2018 7:30 PM ISTAn implanted, the programmable medical robot can gradually lengthen tubular organs by applying traction forces -- stimulating tissue growth in stunted...
Colony Of Dancing Hookworms Suck 22 Litres Of Blood In 14 Yrs Old Boy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Jan 2018 7:01 PM ISTA unique case-study of a 14-year-old boy published recently by Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Journal of Infectious...
Landmark genetic study better predicts stomach cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTA research team led by National University Health System (NUHS) and Duke-NUS Medical School has used genomic technologies to better understand...
Novel nanomedicine inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer in mice Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 Jan 2018 7:05 PM ISTA new Tel Aviv University study pinpoints the inverse correlation between a known oncogene -- a gene that promotes the development of cancer -- and...
A highly effective drug approved for Hepatitis C Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTHepatitis C is a viral disease which causes inflammation of the liver and ultimately leads to the failure of the liver. According to WHO, 71 million...
Cutaneous signs of acute pancreatitis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Dec 2017 7:02 PM ISTAn 86-year-old septic patient with acute pancreatitis showed dirty green-greyish discolorations on the periumbilical and pubic regions (a) and on the...
