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  How Does Fibrosis Occur in Crohn's Disease?

  January 30, 2013 — New research has shown that a protein, known as IL-13, could be the key to the development of fibrosis in Crohn's ... > full story
• Diet and Weight Loss
  Gastrointestinal Problems
  Obesity
  Ulcers
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  Injecting Botox Into Stomach Does Not Promote Weight Loss

  January 28, 2013 — Despite conflicting data in support of the practice, some overweight Americans looking for an easy fix have turned to gastric botox injections to help them lose weight. Medical researchers have ... > full story
• Gastrointestinal Problems
  Colitis
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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
• Urology
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  Stimulator Device Offers Treatment Option for Children With Incontinence

  January 23, 2013 — Incontinence is typically a condition associated with adults; however, many children also struggle with incontinence – bladder, bowel or both. In order to help these children, doctors have ... > full story
• Pancreatic Cancer
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  Drug Combination Extends Pancreatic Cancer Patient Survival, Study Suggests

  January 22, 2013 — A multi-center Phase III clinical trial demonstrates that Abraxane (nab-paclitaxel) plus gemcitabine is the first combination of cancer drugs to extend survival of late-stage pancreatic cancer ... > full story
• Colon Cancer
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  New Method of Predicting Response to Chemotherapy in Bowel Cancer

  January 18, 2013 — Scientists have developed a new method of predicting which patients with bowel (colorectal) cancer will respond effectively to ... > full story
• Diabetes
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  Microbiology
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  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
• Folic Acid
  Vitamin B
  Birth Defects
  Vitamin
  Nutrition
  Down Syndrome
   
  

  Lack of Key Enzyme in the Metabolism of Folic Acid Leads to Birth Defects

  January 17, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that the lack of a critical enzyme in the folic acid metabolic pathway leads to neural tube birth defects in developing ... > full story
• Colon Cancer
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  Cancer
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  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
• Today's Healthcare
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  Pill-Sized Device Provides Rapid, Detailed Imaging of Esophageal Lining

  January 13, 2013 — Physicians may soon have a new way to screen patients for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition usually caused by chronic exposure to stomach acid. Researchers have developed an imaging ... > full story

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