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Researchers discover how gut muscle can be vital for growth, repair and treatments
By discovering how a type of smooth muscle—which is essential for mechanical aspects of absorbing fats from food—forms in the gut, Cornell scientists have opened doors to making artificial muscle, repairing muscle following ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Inflammatory disorders
Researchers find evidence a natural juice can help gut health
A team of researchers at the University of Missouri is uncovering how the juice from red cabbage, long used in traditional medicine, can alleviate inflammation-associated digestive health conditions such as inflammatory bowel ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Deeper sedation may help find difficult-to-detect polyps during colonoscopy
In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps—a type of precancerous lesion that can be difficult to detect, ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Study identifies risk factors for extraintestinal manifestations of IBD
Certain demographic, clinical, and genetic factors heighten the risk for extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study published online March 13 in Gastroenterology.
Apr 17, 2024
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Fermented foods sustain both microbiomes and cultural heritage
Many people around the world make and eat fermented foods. Millions in Korea alone make kimchi. The cultural heritage of these picklers shape not only what they eat every time they crack open a jar but also something much, ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Are probiotics all they're cracked up to be?
Probiotics have been touted as a treatment for everything from diarrhea to mental health disorders, with sales of probiotic supplements expected to exceed $65 billion globally in 2024.
Apr 17, 2024
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Researchers conclude fecal transplants can rid patients of resistant gut bacteria
Transferring fecal microbiota from healthy donors to the intestines of chronically ill people has beneficial effects on these recipients' gut bacteria, also in the longer term. This is the conclusion of research by the Leiden ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Intestinal neurons in infancy could explain wide-ranging gastrointestinal disorders in children
Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Julia Kaltschmidt and MD/Ph.D. candidate Lori Dershowitz propose a novel theory that could transform our understanding of pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders.
Apr 16, 2024
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New inflammatory bowel disease testing protocol could speed up diagnosis
Patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could benefit from better testing protocols that would reduce the need and lengthy wait for potentially unnecessary colonoscopies, a new study has found.
Apr 16, 2024
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Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs, researchers find
It's happening every day. From our water, our food and even the air we breathe, tiny plastic particles are finding their way into many parts of our body.
Apr 15, 2024
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Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is cost saving versus semaglutide, finds study
For individuals with class II obesity, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is cost saving compared with semaglutide, according to a study published online April 12 in JAMA Network Open.
Apr 15, 2024
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Carbon beads help restore healthy gut microbiome and reduce liver disease progression, researchers find
Innovative carbon beads, invented by researchers at UCL, reduce bad bacteria and inflammation in animal models, which are linked to liver cirrhosis and other serious health issues.
Apr 14, 2024
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Inflammation discovery advances the fight against chronic liver disease
In a world-first, QIMR Berghofer scientists have discovered the mechanism that causes severe inflammation among millions of people with chronic liver disease.
Apr 12, 2024
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Study lays the basis for new perspectives on gastrointestinal diseases
The transition from the esophagus to the stomach is a delicate region from a medical point of view, often associated with pathological disorders leading to cancer. An international research team has now gained new insights ...
Apr 11, 2024
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In the drive to deprescribe, heartburn drug study teaches key lessons
Whether it's costs, safety risks, or "pill fatigue" they're trying to reduce, many health systems and clinics have started working on ways to encourage the deprescribing of medications that patients may not need.
Apr 11, 2024
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New focus for chronic liver disease care
Developing improved care models for decompensated liver disease is one of the major clinical challenges in gastroenterology and hepatology, and in a recent landmark study, published in Hepatology, researches from Flinders ...
Apr 11, 2024
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New AI tool creates virtual model of the infant microbiome and predicts neurodevelopmental deficits
The gut microbiome has a profound impact on the health and development of infants. Research shows that dysbiosis—or imbalances in the microbial community—is associated with gastrointestinal diseases and neurodevelopmental ...
Apr 10, 2024
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How to keep your kidneys healthy, and how to spot when things are going wrong
Healthy kidneys are vital to your well-being. As well as getting rid of waste from your body in your pee, they also have a role in controlling blood pressure, keeping your blood count high and keeping your bones healthy. ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Resistant starch could help combat leading cause of end-stage kidney failure
Combining a low dose of blood pressure medication with a higher intake of dietary-resistant starch might help stave off diabetic kidney disease, according to results from a new animal study. Kidney disease is a common diabetes ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Study advances understanding of liver immune response in cirrhosis
The Department of Clinical Medicine at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) leads research on the immune system's role in advanced chronic liver disease. Through various experiments on mouse cirrhosis models and ...
Apr 10, 2024
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