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Blocking Digestive Enzymes May Reverse Shock, Stop Multiorgan Failure
January 23, 2013 — New research moves researchers closer to understanding and developing treatments for shock, sepsis and multiorgan failure. Collectively, these maladies represent a major unmet medical need: they are ... > full story -
Good Bacteria in the Intestine Prevent Diabetes, Study Suggests
January 18, 2013 — All humans have enormous numbers of bacteria and other micro-organisms in the lower intestine. New research suggests that the influence of the intestinal bacteria extends deep inside the body to ... > full story -
Potential New Treatment for Gastrointestinal Cancers Discovered
January 17, 2013 — Researchers have identified a complex of proteins that promotes the growth of some types of colon and gastric cancers, and shown that medications that block the function of this complex have the ... > full story -
Unnecessary Antimicrobial Use Increases Risk of Recurrent Infectious Diarrhea
January 9, 2013 — A new study found that many patients with Clostridium difficile infection are prescribed unnecessary antibiotics, increasing their risk of recurrence of the deadly infection. The retrospective report ... > full story -
Multiple Sclerosis Drug May One Day Treat Colorectal Cancer
January 9, 2013 — After uncovering a mechanism that promotes chronic intestinal inflammation and the development of colorectal cancer, scientists have found that fingolimod, a drug currently approved for the treatment ... > full story -
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Synthetic Stool Can Cure C. Difficile Infection, Study Suggests
January 8, 2013 — A newly developed synthetic "poop" can cure nasty gastrointestinal infections caused by Clostridium difficile, a toxin-producing bacterium, a new study ... > full story -
Human Genes Influence Gut Microbial Composition, Study Suggests
January 7, 2013 — New research has identified a link between a human gene and the composition of human gastrointestinal bacteria. In a new study, scientists outline new evidence suggesting that the human genome may ... > full story -
Rare Genetic Faults Identified in Families With Bowel Cancer
December 30, 2012 — Rare DNA faults in two genes have been strongly linked to bowel cancer by researchers, who sequenced the genomes of people from families with a strong history of developing the ... > full story -
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Host Cholesterol Secretion Likely to Influence Gut Microbiota
December 18, 2012 — For more than half a century, researchers have known that the bacteria that colonize the gastrointestinal tract of mammals influence their host's cholesterol metabolism. Now, researchers show that ... > full story -
Hypnosis Should Be Offered to Patients With IBS, Swedish Research Suggests
December 18, 2012 — Hypnotherapy helps fight IBS symptoms, according to research from Sweden which proposes implementing this treatment method into the care of severe sufferers of this common ... > full story
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