Stents inspired by paper-cutting art can deliver drugs to the GI tract

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe device has two key elements -- a soft, stretchy tube made of silicone-based rubber, and a plastic coating etched with needles that pop up when the tube

Updated on: May 21,2024

Stents inspired by paper-cutting art can deliver drugs to the GI tract

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe device has two key elements -- a soft, stretchy tube made of silicone-based rubber, and a plastic coating etched with needles that pop up when the tube

Updated on:May 21,2024

Addicted to chili? Here's how it might help us regain our sense of taste after COVID

by Michael Mathai,The ConversationLike the slogan on the bottle says: ‘I put Sriracha on my Sriracha’. Credit:Unsplash/Hiroko Nishimura,CC BYThe news of ahot chili sauce shorta

Updated on: June 25,2024

Addicted to chili? Here's how it might help us regain our sense of taste after COVID

by Michael Mathai,The ConversationLike the slogan on the bottle says: ‘I put Sriracha on my Sriracha’. Credit:Unsplash/Hiroko Nishimura,CC BYThe news of ahot chili sauce shorta

Updated on:June 25,2024

Gut bacteria affect brain health, mouse study shows

by Washington University School of MedicineCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA growing pile of evidence indicates that the tens of trillions of microbes that normally live in our intestines—the so

Updated on: June 01,2024

Gut bacteria affect brain health, mouse study shows

by Washington University School of MedicineCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA growing pile of evidence indicates that the tens of trillions of microbes that normally live in our intestines—the so

Updated on:June 01,2024

Researchers find potential new target against colorectal cancer

by Bill Snyder,Vanderbilt UniversityAnna Means, PhD, R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, and colleagues are studying a group of proteins that are essential to the growth of colorectal cancer tumors. Credit

Updated on: April 07,2024

Researchers find potential new target against colorectal cancer

by Bill Snyder,Vanderbilt UniversityAnna Means, PhD, R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, and colleagues are studying a group of proteins that are essential to the growth of colorectal cancer tumors. Credit

Updated on:April 07,2024

New research lays groundwork for personalized dietary supplements

New research lays groundwork for personalized dietary supplementsbyUniversity of ViennaExperimental design: After 1 h of anaerobic incubation of human stool samples with mesoporous silica nanopa

Updated on: January 24,2024

New research lays groundwork for personalized dietary supplements

New research lays groundwork for personalized dietary supplementsbyUniversity of ViennaExperimental design: After 1 h of anaerobic incubation of human stool samples with mesoporous silica nanopa

Updated on:January 24,2024

Study finds high-fat diets impair immune, intestinal and brain health

by Jules Bernstein,University of California - RiversideCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA UC Riverside study that could motivate your New Year's resolutions demonstrates that high-fat diets

Updated on: January 25,2024

Study finds high-fat diets impair immune, intestinal and brain health

by Jules Bernstein,University of California - RiversideCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA UC Riverside study that could motivate your New Year's resolutions demonstrates that high-fat diets

Updated on:January 25,2024

With high fiber diets, more protein may mean more bloating

by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainPeople who eat high fiber diets are more likely to experience bloating if their high fiber diet is protein-ri

Updated on: March 26,2024

With high fiber diets, more protein may mean more bloating

by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainPeople who eat high fiber diets are more likely to experience bloating if their high fiber diet is protein-ri

Updated on:March 26,2024

Pancreatic cancer risk lower if pancreatic cysts remain stable for five years: Study

by Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer HospitalAxial CT image with i.v. contrast. Macrocystic adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Credit: public domainLow-risk branch duct intraductal papillary mucino

Updated on: April 03,2024

Pancreatic cancer risk lower if pancreatic cysts remain stable for five years: Study

by Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer HospitalAxial CT image with i.v. contrast. Macrocystic adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Credit: public domainLow-risk branch duct intraductal papillary mucino

Updated on:April 03,2024

Potential new therapeutic approach for chronic inflammatory bowel diseases

by Friedrich-Alexander-UniversitätMicrograph showing inflammation of the large bowel in a case of inflammatory bowel disease. Colonic biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Why people suffer from chron

Updated on: May 29,2024

Potential new therapeutic approach for chronic inflammatory bowel diseases

by Friedrich-Alexander-UniversitätMicrograph showing inflammation of the large bowel in a case of inflammatory bowel disease. Colonic biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Why people suffer from chron

Updated on:May 29,2024

Gas-related intestinal symptoms affect nearly all adults and are associated with psychological distress

by United European GastroenterologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainGas-related symptoms are associated with poorer quality of life, and higher stress, anxiety and depression, with breaking wind being

Updated on: March 26,2024

Gas-related intestinal symptoms affect nearly all adults and are associated with psychological distress

by United European GastroenterologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainGas-related symptoms are associated with poorer quality of life, and higher stress, anxiety and depression, with breaking wind being

Updated on:March 26,2024

Pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease may up cancer risk

Patients with pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may have an increased risk for developing cancer, particularly gastrointestinal cancers, according to a meta-analysis published online Ma

Updated on: June 25,2024

Pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease may up cancer risk

Patients with pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may have an increased risk for developing cancer, particularly gastrointestinal cancers, according to a meta-analysis published online Ma

Updated on:June 25,2024

Assessing symptoms, blood, stool markers best for identifying pediatric IBD

(HealthDay)—For pediatric patients with nonbloody diarrhea, evaluating symptoms plus blood and stool markers is the optimal test strategy for predicting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to

Updated on: May 28,2024

Assessing symptoms, blood, stool markers best for identifying pediatric IBD

(HealthDay)—For pediatric patients with nonbloody diarrhea, evaluating symptoms plus blood and stool markers is the optimal test strategy for predicting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to

Updated on:May 28,2024