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Soluble Ingredient Can Make Fatty Fast Foods Healthier

...appears to slow down the absorption of fats in the digestive track, in the stomach, small intestine etc, which prevents high fat levels from affecting the digestive system. Also the compound helps the fat being deposited in the adipose tissues. In eating oily fast ...

Stomach infections may be associated with irregular heart rhythm

...cter pylori are common bacteria that reside in the digestive tracts of the people and causes stomach infections...ed the bacteria with stomach cancer, ulcers in the digestive tracts, and ischemic heart disease. Researchers have tested patients with persistent atrial fibrill...

New Combination Therapy Option for HIV Patients

...s, ergot derivatives , medicines that speed up the digestive tract, herbal products and also medicines that lower cholesterol levels, and medicines to treat mental problems. Companies Manufacturing and marketing the drugs say they intend to do post marketing studies on the drug to look at drug-drug interacti...

Vitamin B12 Deficiency In Vegans And Elderly

...B12 absorbed by the small intestine. Certain other digestive conditions and surgeries also can interfere with B12 absorption. A deficiency of vitamin B12 may affect balance, memory, and perhaps mood. Therefore it is recommended that risk groups take a multivitamin, eat fortified breakfast cereal, or both. S...

Expandable metal stents used in digestive cancers

...h of sorts by using expandable metal stents in the digestive tract of people afflicted with gastrointestinal cancers. These patients commonly suffer from obstructions and they present with symptoms like difficulty in swallowing, if the block is in the esophagus; they might present with other symptoms l...

Mini motor for micromedical applications

... filament to illuminate a larger area of the upper digestive tract and physicians to view larger areas. “Also, because these motors are not electromagnetic, but electromechanical or piezoelectric, they are inherently non magnetic, which, with proper choice of materials, would allow them to be used in surgery p...

Molecule aids fight E. Coli Infections

...ow a common microbe that can impose havoc with the digestive system and which has been implicated in many outbreaks of food poisoning.An analysis of the defense tactics of the immune system of the fruitfly Drosophila led investigators to pinpoint a molecule that engineers search-and-destroy missions by white b...

Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis in the future

... and generally focuses on treating respiratory and digestive problems to prevent infection and other complications. Treatment usually involves a combination of medications and home treatment methods, such as respiratory and nutritional therapies. The defect is due to a defect in the transport of chloride ion...

Old is gold– proved yet another tim

...o block the pores on the surface of the parasite's digestive systemThe finding promises hope and would be less expensive when compared to the existing treatment. This would also ensure that it is made available the poorest countries where need is greatest. However, caution has to be taken because primaquine ...

Chloroquine and Primaquine combination Malarial drug for resistant parasites.

...concentration of the drug has to accumulate in the digestive tract of the parasite in order to kill it. Due to ...lized drug drains through the pores present in the digestive system with out forming considerable amount of the drug so which it does not have any effect on the ...

Poisoning by fruits similar to blackberries

...n of few fruits similar to blackberries may induce digestive and neurological manifestations including seizures, coma and apnea. A recent paper in the November issue of Toxicon, presents a new case report that took place in the French Catalonia.A previously healthy 8-year-old boy ingested an unknown quantity...

The 'Mad Cow' Disease And Protein

...rra regarding the manner in which prions enter the digestive tube of bovine animals, from which organ they enter the central nervous system, causing the mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy....

Stem cells Can Generate Organs In Labs

...er, pancreas and the lining of the respiratory and digestive tracts This layer is called endoderm. "We have described an approach to produce highly enriched cultures of definitive endoderm from (human embryonic stem cells)," Baetge's team wrote. The technique is "a critical step in generating scientifically...

An unlikely contender for speedy surgery recovery: Chewing gum

...ative ileus. Ileus refers to a condition where the digestive system remains inactive for a period of time post-surgery. Gum chewing stimulates the digestive system, making it feel normal sooner. The sooner the system feels normal, the sooner it starts to wo...

FDA Warns Against Birth-Control Patch

...ation is absorbed into the bloodstream through the digestive tract. In the process, about half of the estrogen dose is lost. Although most pills and the patch are loaded with the same amount of estrogen, hormones from patches go directly into the bloodstream while pills are swallowed and digested first. The r...

Breast-fed Children Weather Digestive Disease

...en may have a natural protection against celiac, a digestive disease that makes them intolerant of gluten, a protein. A team at Manchester University, Britain, recently // earched on the effect of breastfeeding on the children suffering from celiac, a disease that makes them intolerant of gluten, a protein fo...

Fruitfly My Distant Cousin

... understanding the mechanims of cell regulation in digestive disorders and stomach cancers in humans. Insects have the same basic structure to their gastrointestinal tract as vertebrates. They have a mouth, an esophagus, the equivalent to a stomach, and large and small intestines. This research was conducted ...

Viro-therapy against cancer

...fects the healthy tissues, such as the hair, skin, digestive and immune systems. On the other hand the NDV-HUJ virus enables doctors to specifically target cancer cells without causing harm to the healthy tissue. Viro-therapy is a very old therapy originating in the 20th Century. The first stage o the resea...

FDA Approves Novel Creation of Imitrex? Injection for Migraine

...hese patients. Additionally, injections bypass the digestive system and enter the bloodstream quickly, which is especially important for treating certain migraine attacks, such as morning and rapidly escalating migraines.” ...

Novel Technology For Early Detection of Gastrointestinal Cancer

...irect visualization of the internal regions of the digestive tract enables the physician to spot cancer or pre-cancerous lesions much earlier. The technology exploits the potential of white light in the narrow bandwidth of blue and green region. Normal endoscopy uses white light illumination. This light is h...

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