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Medical News Today Proton Pump Inhibitors Raise Fracture Risk In Older Women  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 According to an investigation published on bmj.com, hip fractures are 35% more likely to occur in po...... The Leading Cause Of Infection Outbreaks In US Hospitals Is Norovirus  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, was responsible for 18.2...... Obesity-Related Diseases In Adolescents Improves With Bariatric Surgery Within First Two Years  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one genera...... Indigestion Medications Raise Hip Fracture Risk In Post-menopausal Females  - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 PPIs (proton pump inhibitors), medications taken for indigestion, can raise the risk of hip fracture...... Barrett's Patients Who Smoke Are Twice As Likely To Develop Esophageal Cancer  - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 Barrett's esophagus (BE) patients who smoke tobacco are at a two-fold increased risk of developing e...... How Cholera Bacterium Gains A Foothold In The Gut  - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 A team of biologists at the University of York has made an important advance in our understanding of...... Research Shows Bedwetting Can Be Due To Undiagnosed Constipation  - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 Bedwetting isn't always due to problems with the bladder, according to new research by Wake Forest B...... Live Liver Donations Confirmed As Safe  - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 According to Johns Hopkins researchers, individuals who donate a portion of their liver for live tra...... Researchers Challenge Commonly-Held Beliefs About The Causes Of Diverticulosis  - Wed, 25 Jan 2012 For more than 40 years, scientists and physicians have thought eating a high-fiber diet lowered a pe...... Discovery Of High Risk Oesophageal Cancer Gene  - Sun, 22 Jan 2012 New research from Queen Mary, University of London has uncovered a gene which plays a key role in th...... Novel Gene Mutations Associated With Bile Duct Cancer Could Lead To Targeted Treatment  - Sat, 21 Jan 2012 Investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center have identified a new geneti...... Kidney Failure, Gastrointestinal Bleeding And Dialysis  - Sat, 21 Jan 2012 Bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract causes serious health problems - and even early de...... MedPage Today Lab Notes: Wall Street Success Genetic  - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 (MedPage Today) -- A look at why some stockbrokers are successful, a study that brings oncologists' ...... Gleevec Wins Regular Approval as GIST Adjuvant  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The provisional approval of imatinib (Gleevec) as adjuvant therapy for...... Cancer Survivors Do Better With Exercise (CME/CE)  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Another large study has confirmed that cancer survivors have better physical func...... GERD Drugs Raise Hip Fracture Risk (CME/CE)  - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Postmenopausal women who use proton pump inhibitors regularly are at increased ri...... Second Sigmoid Study Ups Early Cancer Detection (CME/CE)  - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Repeat flexible sigmoidoscopy increased detection of colorectal cancer or advance...... Mutant Colon Ca May Respond to BRAF-EGFR Inhibition (CME/CE)  - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- An unexpected feedback mechanism in cell signaling pathways may explain why some ...... Lab Notes: Steak and Surgery May Not Mix  - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Tops in this week's edition, research in mice suggests that taking protein out of...... Cancer Screening Falls Short, CDC Says (CME/CE)  - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Large numbers of Americans who should have screening exams for breast, colon, and...... Reflux Drugs No Help for Children With Asthma (CME/CE, with video)  - Tue, 24 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Proton pump inhibitor treatment doesn't ease asthma for children without gastroes...... ER Presentation Not the End for Colon Cancer Patients  - Tue, 24 Jan 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Curative therapy is still a possibility, even if a colon cancer pat...... Extended Lymph Node Excision Feasible in Gastric Cancer  - Tue, 24 Jan 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- In patients with gastric cancer, laparoscopic gastrectomy that incl...... Time in ER Sends Infection Back to Nursing Home (CME/CE)  - Tue, 24 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- An emergency department visit may triple the risk of respiratory and GI infection...... Irritable-Bowel Syndrome News From Medical News Today $6.75M Awarded To Case Western Reserve To Study IBD  - Thu, 22 Dec 2011 Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine received a $6.75 million Program...... Risk Factors For Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency Are Similar To Risk Factors For Developing Multiple Sclerosis: UB Study  - Thu, 01 Dec 2011 Summary: A vascular condition called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), which ...... Probiotics For Gut Health: VSL#3 Has Designations For Specific GI Issues  - Tue, 22 Nov 2011 As clinical studies continue to validate the use of probiotics to help promote general gastrointesti...... Targeted Antibiotic Drug Safest Among Recommended Treatments For Irritable Bowel Disease  - Wed, 02 Nov 2011 Among the most commonly used treatments for irritable bowel syndrome which affects as many as 20 per...... Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea Responds To Probiotics  - Tue, 01 Nov 2011 'Good bugs' look promising as anti-inflammatory agent for patients with ulcerative colitis, psoriasi...... Stress Associated With Grief, Natural Disasters, And Emotional Abuse Plays Ongoing Role In IBS  - Tue, 01 Nov 2011 The psychological and emotional traumas experienced over a lifetime -- such as the death of a loved ...... Research Could Lead To New Treatments For IBD, Viral Infections  - Thu, 20 Oct 2011 The intestinal ecosystem is even more dynamic than previously thought, according to two studies by U...... Negative Emotions Influence Brain Activity During Anticipation And Experience Of Pain  - Wed, 21 Sep 2011 Neuroticism - the tendency to experience negative emotions - significantly affects brain processing ...... Novel Cytokine Protects Mice From Colitis  - Wed, 24 Aug 2011 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which affects more than 1 million patients in North America, resul...... Where's The Beef? Recalled! 60,000 Pounds Off Major Market Shelves  - Mon, 15 Aug 2011 This pesky E. Coli bacteria is getting on the nation's nerves, and in an effort to keep it off our p...... Lexicon Announces Publication Of Results From The Phase 2 Trial Of LX1031 In Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome In Journal Of Gastroenterology  - Fri, 12 Aug 2011 Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering bre...... Constipated? New Drug Linaclotide May Bring Serious Relief Home  - Thu, 11 Aug 2011 In a new study funded by Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, an experimental drug called linaclotide can help ......