Gastroenteritis is an inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract - Meri News
25 May 2012, 10:09 pm
WHAT IS gastroenteritis? It is a medical condition characterized by an inflammation of the lining of the intestine, that involves both the stomach and small intestine and causes acute diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. It is also called as stomach flu ...

Bacteria are key contributors to the cause of IBS, study confirms - News-Medical.Net
25 May 2012, 9:30 am
An overgrowth of bacteria in the gut has been definitively linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the results of a new Cedars-Sinai study which used cultures from the small intestine. This is the first study to use this "gold standard" method of ...

Weight-loss surgery cuts alcohol cravings - Times of India
25 May 2012, 5:06 am
The Roux-en-Y procedure, or "gastric bypass" - is one such surgery that involves stapling the stomach to leave a small pouch at the top, which is then connected to the small intestine. Food then bypasses most of the original stomach and a chunk ...

Butler County boy's cupcake dream motivates doctor - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
22 May 2012, 10:46 am
Austin's parents, Jennifer and Jason Rath, believe his best shot at living a normal life is an artificial intestine that scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh are developing. "My biggest wish ever is to get a new tummy," Austin told Dr ...

Pancreatic Cancer May Be Detected With Simple Intestinal Probe - Science Daily
21 May 2012, 7:51 pm
ScienceDaily (May 21, 2012) — By simply shining a tiny light within the small intestine, close to that organ's junction with the pancreas, physicians at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida have been able to detect pancreatic cancer 100 percent of the time in ...

One man's brush with death after he unknowingly swallows an aluminum grill cleaner bristle... and it tears a hole in his large intestine - Daily Mail
21 May 2012, 4:09 pm
A New Jersey man had a brush with death after he accidentally swallowed an aluminum grill cleaner bristle and it tore a hole in his large intestine. The sharp one-and-a-half-inch piece of metal fell off Michael DeStefan's brush after he scrubbed his grill ...

Could Compound in Artificial Sweeteners Worsen Crohn's Disease? - US News and World Report
21 May 2012, 2:43 pm
coli bacteria in the small intestine, a new study suggests. However, researchers stressed that the findings are preliminary and the tests were conducted in the lab, not in people, so it's too soon to advise those with the inflammatory bowel ...

Castor oil: Action mechanism of one of the oldest drugs known to man elucidated - phys.org
21 May 2012, 1:46 pm
A receptor by the name of EP3 on the cells of the intestine and uterus is apparently responsible. This is activated by an ingredient in the oil. The oil obtained from the seeds of the castor oil plant Ricinus communis is one of the oldest drugs ...

Colonoscopy Alternative Reduces Cancer Rates, Research Finds - Bloomberg
21 May 2012, 10:47 am
An alternative to colonoscopy that only looks at a portion of the colon rather than the whole intestine reduced cancer rates, a study found. “It is an expensive test and some people don’t want to have it, so we need to use alternative tests ...