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Aspirin can Prevent Bowel Cancer, Says UK Study

...he UK say that taking aspirin each day can prevent bowel cancer developing . Taking a dose of 300mg a day f... 35,000 men and women in the UK are diagnosed with bowel cancer, and more than 16,000 die from the disease. The researchers looked at the results from two...

Aspirin a Day Can Keep Colon Cancer Away

... pain killer aspirin could cut the risk of getting bowel cancer by more than a third, says a new study. Ho...f the gastro-intestinal tract. About 80 percent of bowel cancers occur in the large intestine and 20 percent in the rectum, with anal cancer being rare. An...

Glucosamine-like Supplement Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes

...n with treatment-resistant autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease improved significantly following two years of treatment with GlcNAc. No significant adverse side effects were noted. Together, these findings identify metabolic therapy using dietary supplements such as GlcNAc as potential treatments for au...

Suicide Gene Therapy Kills Bowel Cancer Cells

...therapy has for the first time succeeded in making bowel cancer cells commit suicide, according to a report...me such a therapy has proved successful at killing bowel cancer cells, albeit only in the laboratory. Cancer Research UK and The Institute of Cancer Research...

Smart Pill for Non-invasive Diagnoses of Stomach Problems

...asy. It passes through the stomach, intestines and bowel and transmits critical diagnostic informationpH, temperature and the amount of pressure in the stomach and intestinesto a receiver attached to a belt worn by the patient. A few days later, the doctors gather information about the condition of the p...

Hypnotherapy may Help Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

...e potential to help patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), say researchers in this weeks BMJ. IBS is a very common disorder, but conventional physical treatments often do not work very well and patients can feel that their symptoms are being ignored, downplayed or misunderstood. Patients...

Capsule Endoscopy is Effective in Diagnosing GI Problems Children

...in diagnosing gastrointestinal bleeding and small bowel Crohns disease in children. The technology has bee...In expediting the diagnosis and treatment of small bowel disease. In detecting the presence, activity and severity of small bowel Crohns disease. Of imp...

ECP may Be Effective in Treating Crohn's Disease

...ohns. In contrast, most patients with inflammatory bowel disease are currently treated with medicines that suppress the immune system. Unlike ECP, those medications can have many serious side effects. The 28 patient trial studied the safety and efficacy of ECP in patients with a Crohns Disease Activity ...

UK Scientists Identify Gene Mutations That Trigger Breast Cancer

...roach to other cancers, such as prostate, lung and bowel cancers, in the hope of identifying genetic changes that can trigger a higher risk of developing any of the diseases. Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in British women with some 44,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Inherited...

How to Cope With Side Effects from Pelvic Radiotherapy

...e the possible effects on sexuality and fertility, bowel and bladder problems, pelvic pain, bone problems a...how to deal with both mild and serious bladder and bowel difficulties and useful associations and addresses listed at the back. The booklets are supported ...

Largest Ever Study of Genetics Behind Common Diseases Published

... genes for Crohn's disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease. For the first time, a gene called PTPN2 has been found which links the two autoimmune diseases. The study also confirmed the importance of a process known as autophagy or self eating in the development of Crohn's disease. Autophagy is res...

The Production and Marketing of IBS Drug Halted by the Chinese Government

...eting of Novratis AGs Zelnorm Drug, for irritable bowel syndrome, as the risk associated with it outweighs the benefits. The patients are asked to stop taking the medication. The Chinese Drug watchdog posted a statement on its website warning risks of Zelnorm outweigh the possible benefits for some pati...

US Court Asked to Decide Whether Childhood Vaccines can Cause Autism

...th problems, including severe autism, inflammatory bowel disease, glaucoma and epilepsy. The 12-year-old girls parents demand payment under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a no-fault system that has a $US2.5 billion ($A2.9 billion) fund built up from a tax on vaccines of 75 cents a dose...

Researchers Cracking the Human Genome Function

...ases, like prostate and colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and diabetes. By having a complete map of functional DNA within the genome, biomedical scientists will be able to track down the causes of these diseases far more rapidly than before, and will be better equipped to treat or preven...

Womans Death increases Pressure on LA Hospital to close down

...e county coroner later determined was a perforated bowel on May 9th. She waited 45 minutes, without treatment, before she died. The County coroner believes that she would have survived if had received timely help. The whole incident was caught on camera, the video from an ER camera showed staff members ...

Smoking Influences Crohn's Disease

... ways. “Fundamental differences in small and large bowel physiology may explain the differences in location of Crohn’s disease in smokers,” says Aldhous. “The effects of smoking should be further investigated, to understand why smoking has a differential effect on different parts of the bowel.” Source-B...

Doctors Warned Against Encouraging Elective Caesareans

...are rarely needed during a cesarean. · Decreased bowel function. The bowel sometimes slows down for several days after surgery, resulting in distention, bloating and discomfor...

Virtual Colonoscopy is Most-effective for Screening Colon Cancer

...cations ¨C from abdominal pain to life-threatening bowel perforation and bleeding. Virtual colonoscopy, or CT colonography (CTC), has arisen as a potentially effective CRC screening tool. Using x-rays and imaging software to develop two- and three-dimensional images of the gastrointestinal tract, it has fe...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Nerve Damage

People with inflammatory bowel disease may also be at risk for developing nerve d...roblems, according to a research. // Inflammatory bowel disease includes digestive disorders such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease that cause swell...

FDA Announces Audio Broadcasts on Emerging Drug Safety Information

... the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and irritable bowel syndrome, and to serious adverse events associated with agents that reduce the need for blood transfusions in cancer patients. The American Medical Association (AMA) welcomed the FDA audio broadcast. "This innovative development can help physicians...

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