Giving kids antibiotics before age 2 ups their obesity risk supriya kashyap kashyap23 March 2016 12:44 PM ISTWashington D.C : A new study has suggested that early antibiotic use can be a contributing factor to the childhood obesity epidemic.The study found...
Prebiotics reduce body fat in overweight children Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Jun 2017 12:50 PM ISTThere may soon be a new tool in the fight against childhood obesity. Prebiotics reduce body fat in children who are overweight or obese by altering...
Bioengineered human livers mimic natural development Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jun 2017 9:56 AM ISTAn international team of researchers bioengineering human liver tissues uncovered previously unknown networks of genetic-molecular crosstalk that...
Setting the record straight: PPIs do not cause Dementia, AGA study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 July 2017 10:07 AM ISTSeveral studies have reported associations between proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) use and dementia. New research published on July 18 in...
Dietary Fiber Intake in Children With Mild Inflammatory Bowel Disease not optimum Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli28 Sept 2017 9:30 AM ISTA new study published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition aimed to estimate intake of total dietary fiber, and its soluble and...
Kolkata doctors save boy by stenting esophagus after acid ingestion Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Feb 2018 7:01 PM ISTKolkata doctors have done a stupendous job by saving a boy by stenting esophagus after he accidentally and by mistake drank sulphuric acid. The...
Celiac Disease diagnosis takes 3.5 years in patients who have no GI Symptoms : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 March 2018 7:10 PM ISTAn estimated 1 percent of the population worldwide has celiac disease and as many as six out of seven people with the disease are not diagnosed. Dr....
AGI's latest Guidelines for Management of Acute Pancreatitis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTAP (acute pancreatitis) is an inflammatory condition of the pancreas that can cause local injury, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, and organ...
Doctors remove 14 roundworms from woman's bile duct Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 May 2018 7:02 PM ISTIn a rare case, doctors at a private hospital here removed 14 live roundworms, measuring 15-20cm each, from a 38-year-old woman's bile duct, the...
Steps towards better infection prevention and control in clinics Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli5 May 2018 8:25 PM ISTInfection Control and Prevention in Clinics is in everyone’s hands is the message of infectious disease experts at The University of Texas Health...
Thickened bowel walls observed in ulcerative colitis patients experiencing flares Medha Baranwal Baranwal4 Jun 2018 7:20 PM ISTUltrasound images showed thickening of bowel wall in the vast majority of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) experiencing clinical flares, reported...
Methotrexate ineffective in maintaining steroid-free remission in Ulcerative Colitis Vinay Singh singh23 July 2018 7:25 PM ISTMethotrexate was not found more effective than placebo in maintaining steroid-free response or remission in ulcerative colitis, according to the...
