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Japanese Herbals May Ease Gastro Woes

Indigestion, constipation can be relieved with ancient remedies, researchers say MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Japanese herbal medicines may help people with gastrointestinal disorders -- such as constipation and indigestion -- that don't respond to conventional treatments, a ne...

Multi-site Gastro Practice Chooses Intergy by Sage Practice Management System

New Enterprise Desktop Allows Total Control of all Sites from a Single Desktop TAMPA, Fla., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Digestive Specialists of Dayton, Ohio has chosen multiple products from Sage Software - including the Intergy by Sage Practice Management System ...

Medical terms worry more people than lay terms, study finds

...ogy impacts this understanding." The pattern of results has implications for the patient, researchers found. If a patient is informed that she has gastro esophageal reflux disease, for example, rather than chronic heartburn, she might think she is more ill. An important implication is that patient's u...

SpectraScience Delivers Cancer Diagnosis System to Mayo Clinic and UCSD/VA for Detecting Esophageal Dysplasia in Patients

... experience it daily. If heartburn occurs often, or other symptoms such as difficulty swallowing, tissue damage or weight loss develop, a diagnosis of gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is considered. It is reported that approximately 50 million Americans have GERD symptoms. In most cases GERD is benig...

California's First Non-profit Center for Autism Research, Education and Family Services

...words for basic communication. "Sunny" says, "Between the appointments with her neuropsychologist, psychiatrist for medications, pediatricians for her gastro issues and to monitor her progress, speech therapy, occupational therapy, school, and the over thirty hours a week in ABA, centralized services are mu...

Health Dialog and Independence Blue Cross Extend Relationship, Expand Services

...and other conditions that may involve a treatment choice, for example, back pain and breast cancer. Programs for members with hypertension, migraines, gastro esophageal reflux and peptic ulcer disease are also being planned through this expanded agreement. "By providing disease management and care enhance...

Reckitt Benckiser Commences Cash Tender Offer for All Outstanding Shares of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics

...ettol the world's leading antiseptic, Nurofen, the leading European analgesic, Strepsils, world number one in medicated sore throat, Gaviscon the No.1 gastro intestinal remedy in UK and Lemsip the UK No.1 in cold/flu remedies. Reckitt Benckiser is headquartered in Slough just outside London, UK and is lis...

Australia's Aborigines Affected by Poor Health: Experts

...mps in Pakistan," he was quoted, as saying. "These children are barely coping; they're on a knife edge. Any severe infection like pneumonia or gastro is likely to tip them over. They may even die," he added. ...

AMA Calls For Calm Approach To Aged Care Illness Outbreaks

...sing illness outbreaks in aged care residences in the wake// of the deaths at Broughton Hall in Melbourne. Dr Haikerwal said the Broughton Hall gastro outbreak is a tragedy, but the AMA believes it is not a time to be calling for dramatic changes to the system. 'It is a time to carefully ident...

Nandigram Killings Lead to Depression Among Many

...ck," he said. Explaining the symptoms, Roy said psychological problems generally lead to hypertension, diabetes, headache, physical weakness, gastro intestinal problems and loss of appetite in the human body. Other city-based psychologists have the same view. "Common people feel st...

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New Study First to Confirm Sandostatin LAR(R) Depot Controls Tumor Growth in Patients With Rare Gastrointestinal Tumors

...erate in over 140 countries around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.novartis.com . References (1). Arnold et al Clin gastro Hepatol 2005; Saltz et al. Cancer 1993; Arnold et al. Gut 1996; Di Bartolomeo et al Cancer 1996 Novartis Media Relations Media only: ...

Phase 2a Diarrhea Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Results from 2006 Presented at Digestive Disease Week in Washington, D.C.

... (001) + 619 814 3510 Greg Geissman D-IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome ("IBS") is characterized by a constellation of gastro intestinal symptoms including diarrhea, constipation (or alternation of the two), urgency, and abdominal pain. IBS may affect up to 20 percent of the ...

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Preliminary Phase II/III Data with Rifamycin MMX in Infectious Diarrhea

...bsorbed when taken in tablet form. Through the use of Cosmo's MMX(tm) technology, which delivers the active ingredient into the colon, bacteria in the gastro intestinal tract that are important for vitamin synthesis are not sterilized. Given that it is practically not absorbed CB-01-11 is potentially applic...

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...ogy. ... Working committee of the Japanese Society for Gastric Cancer. ... ... 90-95% of all gastric malignancies; other ... gastric outlet, gastro esophageal junction and small bowel bowel) and intrahepatic ... Gastric cancer is able ... Stomaphyx (revisional bariatric surgery for ga...

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Scientists discover toxin that causes gastro disease

Australian scientists have identified a highly potent toxin that causes severe gastrointestinal illnesses, including food poisoning. The toxin, produced by certain strains of E. coli bacteria, has been found to be responsible for an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, a dangerous disease th...

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SpectraScience Secures Distribution for WavSTAT(R) Cancer Diagnosis System in Germany & Austria

...niolan, stated that, "We are pleased to be SpectraScience's distribution partner and believe there is significant market potential for this innovative gastro Intestinal cancer diagnostic system. With our strategy to be the leader in Gastro-Diagnostics, the WavSTAT Optical Biopsy System is an ideal fit into ...

Shire plc: Excellent Performance Across All Areas of the Business and Accelerating New Product Sales Drive Revenue Growth of 36%

...ten years market exclusivity in the EU; and - AT2220 for Pompe disease is currently in Phase 1 clinical trials. - SPD550 (Larazotide Aceotate) for gastro Intestinal ("GI") disorders - In December 2007 Shire licensed rights to SPD550 (also known as AT-1001), in markets outside of the US and Japan, from A...