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Skeleton May Sustain Damage Due To Use Of Anti-Depressants

...n is produced by specific cells in the stomach and intestinal system. The research suggests that the anti-depressants affect the balance between bone producing osteoblasts, and osteoclasts that break down bones. There are no records of long-term effects of anti-depressants on human beings, but researchers in ...

Acute Toxicity Of Nano-Scale Zinc Powder: Severe Renal Damage And Anemia

...ndicated that the N-Zn was probably easily causing intestinal obstruction than the M-Zn particles. Since nanoscale particles have large specific surface area, it is found that their biological effects are mainly dependent on their surface area rather than particle mass.The authors concluded that N-Zn could in...

Bifidogenic Growth Stimulator: A Non-Toxic Way To Treat Ulcerative Colitis

...linical observations have suggested involvement of intestinal microflora in its pathogenesis//. In genetically...onstraints on the mucosal immune responsiveness to intestinal bacteria. Therefore, restoring the microbial balance may represent a plausible therapeutic approach ...

Digestive acid production dependent on newly found hormone

...nds by secreting FGF15. In the liver, the secreted intestinal protein limits the activity of an enzyme called cholesterol 7a-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) critical to bile acid production. Animal models lacking FGF15 were found to have increased CYP7A1 activity and excrete greater quantities of bile acid. The results ...

Crohns Disease Could Be Caused By Gaps In The Intestinal Barrier

...y assumed that the It is believed that gaps in the intestinal barrier could be a cause of inflammatory diseases of the gut such as Crohn's Disease, which could have important implications for the treatment. Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disorder that causes severe ulceration in the intestine, leading...

Amnioinfusion does not reduce risk of meconium aspiration syndrome

...y. Meconium is the material that fills the fetal intestinal tract during pregnancy and is formed from ingested amniotic fluid and dead intestinal cells.// Although it is sterile, inhaled meconium is highly irritating to the lung when the infant t...

Molecule aids fight E. Coli Infections

...mless, but the variety toxic to humans can inflame intestinal walls, leading to serious illness and even death. In 1000, health officials in 20 states reported 1,800 confirmed cases of infection by the foodborne pathogen, 150 of which required hospitalization and four of which proved fatal, according to the Cen...

An effective pain killer

...pirin, he says, ginger has a calming effect on the intestinal tract. The team is seeking funding for a trial with 20 to 30 patients using ginger to treat inflammation and pain. The results would be available within about a year, said Professor Roufogalis. ...

Inflammatory bowel disease linked to genetic abnormality

... the immune system over reacts and attacks healthy intestinal cells by mistake, causing chronic inflammation. Incidentally Nod2 as also been identified in plants. Like in the humans where this gene forms a part of the first line of defence, Nod2 also helps plants to resist bacterial infection. Crohn's dis...

Cancer drug brings relief to patients of Crohn’s Diseas

... to diagnose, as its symptoms are similar to other intestinal disorders like irritable bowel syndrome etc. this condition may run in families. The condition is also called ileitis or enteritis. The drug sargramostim is typically used to increase the recovery of the white blood cells that may drop during the ch...

Depression medication can cause gastrointestinal bleedings

... cause increased bleeding and hemorrhage in gastro intestinal tracts. New research shows that use of SSRIs may be of as much risk as NSAIDs in causing gastrointestinal bleedings. The team of researchers had reviewed the records of 549 patients hospitalized for acute gastrointestinal bleeding and compared the d...

Herb Found To Be Effective In Controlling Blood Sugar Levels

...s of India and Sri Lanka. Salacia oblonga binds to intestinal enzymes that break down carbohydrates in the body. These enzymes turn carbohydrates into glucose, the sugar that circulates throughout the body. If the enzyme binds to the herbal extract rather than to a carbohydrate, less glucose gets into the blood...

Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Could Be Effective In Treating Patients With Osteoporosis

...disease that causes chronic inflammation // of the intestinal wall. It usually begins in the teenage years and is characterized by abdomen pain, diarrhea, and weight loss. Patients with Crohn's disease suffer bone mass loss and bone fractures due to treatment with corticosteroids, poor nutrition, active inflamm...

Swallowing Magnets Found To Be Dangerous for Kids

...mach, they can attract each other through opposing intestinal walls which could be dangerous for children. While swallowing magnets is not as common as swallowing coins, jewelry or toy parts, researchers say there have been several reported cases of multiple magnet ingestion over the past five years thus they ...

Before Weight Loss Surgery One Should Get Tested for Bacteria

...eration in which food is directed past most of the intestinal tract . Researchers assessed 99 patients evaluated for gastric bypass surgery to determine if they carried the bacteria. Results showed about a quarter of the patients did have the bacteria present in their guts and among that group, nearly half who...

Weight Reduction Surgery Also Treats Metabolic Syndrome

... of calories by causing food to bypass most of the intestinal tract. About half of the group met the criteria for metabolic syndrome. All of the patients lost significant weight, but those who received the bypass operation shed the most pounds and also ended up with a lower body mass index (BMI) than those who...

The Drug Tetrathiomolybdate Found To Be Useful For Various Diseases

...tory nature such as psoriasis and a disease of the intestinal tract called Crohn’s disease. ...

Factors That Might Increase The Risk Of Schizophrenia

...so included celiac disease -- a chronic hereditary intestinal disorder that is characterized by an inability to absorb gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and oats. For the study, only celiac disease occurring before onset of schizophrenia was considered. Most people, however, live with celiac diseas...

Antibiotics Found To Increase The Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer

...lead to breast cancer, the medications' effects on intestinal bacteria could change the body's immune system or how the body metabolizes foods that protect against cancer, they said. Specialists says the theorized link is potentially worrisome, since antibiotics are so commonly used -- sometimes unnecessarily...

Chickens Found To Have High Levels of Arsenic

...animal feed supplement that farmers use to control intestinal parasites in chickens. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service sampled the liver tissue of 5,000 chickens to estimate the arsenic concentrations of the muscl...

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