Gastroenterology News

If you've every wondered why you get a full, yet not so pleasant feeling from eating Top Ramen, jelly beans and Gatorade, this video by Stefani Bardin may help explain it.

Many who have had a colonoscopy would agree, doctor-prescribed preparations to clean the bowels are almost always worse than the actual procedure.

Redmond Regional Medical Center's Board of Trustees is proud to announce their newest member, Dr.

February's issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology reports on the Toronto consensus statement for the treatment of hospitalized patients with severe ulcerative colitis.

The Department of Health has approved the Outpatient Surgery Center at Hadley for Specialty Hospital of Washington , according to a Digital Journal report .

This month's American Journal of Gastroenterology investigates the efficacy of oral vs topical, or combined oral and topical 5-aminosalicylates, in ulcerative colitis.

Cheyenne Medical Specialists announced today it will partner with Poudre Valley Medical Group based in Fort Collins, Colo.

Newswise - Heartburn. Acid reflux, GERD. They're different terms for the same type of condition - stomach acid used for digestion travels back up the esophagus, the "food pipe" that connects your throat to your stomach.

A bacterium that causes ulcers and stomach cancers may protect against asthma by teaching the immune system tolerance, a new study in mice shows.

Here's an interesting video from Stefani Bardin , a TEDxManhattan 2011 fellow, and Braden Kuo , MD, a gastroenterology instructor at Harvard.

CALLS have been made for the road to Stoke Mandeville to be upgraded, with street lights and hospital signs installed along the route.

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding is a commonly encountered clinical problem in gastroenterology and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.

M2A: Fantastic Voyage is a project that tries to demonstrate the differences between processed foods and whole foods inside the human body.

A study in February's issue of the Scandanavian Journal of Gastroenterology investigates the prevalence of colonic neoplasia and advanced lesions in the normal population.

Noting that as much as 28 per cent of health conditions involving bleeding in the upper stomach are in patients who use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which are commonly prescribed to relieve pain and reduce inflammation, local researchers are advising caution and proper procedures in drug usage.

Caption: Dr. Nairuthya Shivathirthan receiving the NBE gold medal from Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at New Delhi on Feb.

The companys portfolio offers products for therapeutic areas such as: urologic, bone metabolism and osteoporosis, gastroenterology, cardiovascular and metabolic, rheumatologic, neurological, oncological areas, respiratory, and infectious disease.

Dr. Bralow was a well-respected colon cancer specialist, who earned acclaim from his medical peers with 18 awards or honors in the medical profession.

When pediatric cardiologist David Crowley walks the halls of the Children's Hospital Boston branch at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester, his Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center identification card swings with the pace of his stride, hanging from the Boston Children's Hospital lanyard around his neck.

MEMPHIS, TN and SUFFERN, NY -- -- 02/01/12 -- GI Pathology, a dominant player in the gastrointestinal pathology market, and CDx Diagnostics, the leader in deploying computer-aided analysis to detect and prevent cancers of the esophagus, oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx, announced today an exclusive agreement for GI Pathology, a division of Poplar ... (more)