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Therapeutic Value of Worms in Allergies and Asthma
in Allergies, on January 31, 2009
...on the therapeutic value of worms in treating conditions such as asthma, ulcerative colitis and bowel inflammation, and even diabetes!
Professor Rook said: "It now looks more and more likely...
MicroBiome Analysis Center to Link Chronic Diseases to Microbiomes
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 14, 2009
...the human body- and try to correlate it with chronic diseases such as obesity, cancer and irritable bowel syndrome. The center will use a patented technology for genomic sequencing called Multitag Py...
Chlorella Crude Extract May Help Treat Short Bowel Syndrome
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 12, 2008
...s have found in a pilot study that Chlorella crude extract (CCE) may help in the treatment of short bowel syndrome , a condition characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, malab...
Novel Prostate Cancer Treatment, Pioneered at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI)
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 18, 2008
...while sparing the delicate noncancerous tissues around the prostate essential for healthy urinary, bowel and sexual function.
Sunnybrook researchers Dr. Michael Bronskill and Dr. Rajiv Chopra have l...
Drug Candidates from Marine Animals
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 8, 2008
...s have potentials for treating cancer, as well as a number of other diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and asthma.
"We have tested a large number of marine species to see w...
High-Fiber Barley Variety, Licensed for Cropping
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 22, 2008
... BARLEYmax - such as breakfast cereals, muffins and breads - have a low Glycaemic Index and strong bowel health attributes.
"Further testing showed BARLEYmax has excellent processing properties...
Entereg® (Alvimopan): FDA-Approved for Post-Surgery Bowel Function
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 23, 2008
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The FDA has recently approved Entereg® (Alvimopan) for help to restore bowel function after surgery .
Entereg® (Alvimopan) is a first-in-class small molecule, peripherally-acting mu opio...
Almonds and Constipation
in Latina Viva, on May 3, 2008
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Sometimes stress, health changes, weather shifts, and who knows what else can do a number on your digestive system. If you're having trouble moving things along, you can always grab a bag of almonds and gnawsh on them throughout the day.
They have fiber and an amino a...
UCB's Cimzia: FDA-Approved for Chron's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 24, 2008
...With no cure and still of unknown cause - Crohn's disease - is a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that affects more than 1 million men and women worldwide.
Chron's disease can cau...
Sense of Smell and Parkinson's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 23, 2008
... odor identification was associated with older age, smoking, more coffee consumption, less frequent bowel movements, lower cognitive function and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness , but even after ad...
Tysabri (natalizumab): Approved by FDA For Moderate-to-Severe Crohn's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 15, 2008
... forms of multiple sclerosis.
Of unknown cause, Chron's disease is a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that affects both men and women; with no cure and suffered by more than 1 million peop...
Dietary Fiber Can Boost Lung Health
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 26, 2007
...ust know that dietary fiber is only good for the heart, cardiovascular health, weight reduction and bowel movement. Great that its intake is good for our lung as well.
Find more details from NutraIn...
Lapatinib (Tykerb) -Capecitabine (Xeloda) Combo Shrinks Breast Cancer Metastases in the Brain
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 18, 2007
...2 signal .
Xeloda® , on the other hand, the first FDA -approved oral chemotherapy for advanced bowel cancer and metastatic breast cancer and a product of Roche .
Find more details from Dana-Farb...
Croton palanostigma Extract Shows Potent Antioxidant Properties
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 25, 2007
...ons in various joint, skin and gastrointestinal diseases, including osteoarthritis and irritable bowel syndrome .
Source: EurekAlert
Photo: CCbol ...
Trichuris suis Ova (TSO) Therapy to Treat Food Allergies
in Allergies, on October 23, 2007
...ntestinal worms) for the treatment of various diseases such as Crohn's disease , inflammatory bowel disease , and other autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and even asthma, has be...
Review Indicates Only Bifantis Can Claim Efficacy Against Irritable Bowel Syndrome
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 16, 2007
...sis of randomized controlled trials evaluating the use of probiotics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) indicates that only the study involving Bifantis®, Bifidobacterium infantis ...
Intake of Contraceptive Pills: May Reduce Cancer Risk?
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 16, 2007
...0 women.
In the main dataset women on the pill had statistically significant lower rates of large bowel/rectal, uterine body and ovarian cancer . The GP dataset also showed a reduced risk of u...
Not All Probiotics are Effective against Acute Diarrhea
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 13, 2007
...shed in the British Medical Journal .
Probiotics are microorganisms that once colonized in the bowel exert beneficial effects to human health and are commercially available as dietary supplements...
Allergizer Gets a Hope Award
in Allergies, on August 9, 2007
... Thank you very much to the people behind IBS Tales , a site for irritable bowel syndrome sufferers, for giving this blog a Hope Award .
The IBS Tales Hope Awards 2007 are currently bei...
Alli - is it a fat girl's Antabus?
in Are you a beauty?, on July 8, 2007
...the Angry 365 comment about alli, diarrhea, oily stools and the impossibility of controlling your bowel movement, it made me laugh and cry at the same time.
If you're concerned with the increas...
New Genetic Risk Factor for Coeliac Disease Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 11, 2007
... published online in Nature Genetics (10 June 2007).
Source: EurekAlert
Photo: Biopsy of small bowel showing coeliac disease manifested by blunting of villi, crypt hyperplasia, and lymphocyte inf...
Probiotic Strain Bifantis Shows Anti-Inflammatory Properties in Arthritis and Salmonella Infection Models
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 25, 2007
...also been previously shown to modulate the inflammatory response in a clinical trial in irritable bowel syndrome .
Source: Alimentary Health ...
Old Age Creeps Even on the Toughest of Mothers
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 23, 2007
...e to almost everything.
Since Sunday night what she taught was just an ordinary case of LBM (loose bowel movement), turned out to be amoebiasis . Still she sticked it out and just asked to be brough...
N-Acetylglucosamine Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 21, 2007
...a recent study on the use of GlcNAc in the treatment of treatment-resistant autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease, these findings point to the use of metabolic therapy using dietary supplements such a...
Constipated? Try Worms
in Well Woman Blog, on April 28, 2007
...er words, who would have been the first to be cleared of tapeworms, and other worms living in their bowels. . . . Intestinal parasites are still common in most of the world, but in countries where the...
What Are UTIs?
in Well Woman Blog, on April 24, 2007
...;s Health at About.com explains UTIs this way:
The most common cause of UTI are bacteria from the bowel that live on the skin near the rectum or in the vagina which can spread and enter the urinary ...
Genes Cause Inflammatory Bowel Disease
in Well Woman Blog, on April 17, 2007
.... Researchers today say that Crohn's and ulcerative colitis (collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease or IBD) may be caused by seven genes.
The article, from CBC.ca news, tells us:
In...
Adhesions Fast Facts, Guide to Preparing for Gynecologic Surgery from NWHRC
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 10, 2007
..., and cyst removal.
If left untreated, these adhesions can cause infertility, abdominal pain, and bowel obstruction.
Apparently, most women are largely unaware of the health risks associated with a...
Irritable Bowel Drug Withdrawn
in Well Woman Blog, on April 3, 2007
...s Zelnorm (tegasarod):
The maker of Zelnorm, a medicine that treats constipation-related irritable bowel syndrome, stopped selling the drug Friday after federal drug officials concluded that it might...
Tequila for your Colon?
in Well Woman Blog, on March 31, 2007
...ra in Mexico. The development could lead to improved treatments for ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), cancer, Crohn's disease and other colon diseases, they say.
Wikiped...
Constipation
in Well Woman Blog, on March 18, 2007
...u spend what seems like hours staring at the bathroom walls while you struggle and strain to have a bowel movement? According to the Endonurse Blog , if you're 40 or older, constipation is to be ...
Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Gene Related?
in Well Woman Blog, on March 4, 2007
... Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease or IBD. You can describe them in one word - misery. They can destroy the quality of your life and lea...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
in Well Woman Blog, on February 28, 2007
... If irritable bowel syndrome has your intestines tied up in knots, the reason might be anxiety or over-exertion during a bout of indigestion related illness. Wikipedia describes it this way:
In ...
Endometriosis
in Well Woman Blog, on February 16, 2007
...al surfaces posterior to the uterus; the ovary; the peritoneal surfaces anterior to the uterus; the bowel; the bladder; and the appendix . Rarely, endometriosis lesions occur at sites outside th...
Vaginal Birth and Pelvic Prolapse
in Well Woman Blog, on February 5, 2007
...r women face a barrage of health problems, including fallen bladder, fallen uterus, vagina or lower bowel. I'm in that age group, and I've already had my share of problems. No surgery yet, but...
Turmeric helps prevent arthritis
in Do you like to cook?, on October 30, 2006
... turmeric to treat other inflammatory disorders such as asthma, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease.
Turmeric is a rootcrop that looks similar to ginger but has an orange hue. I ...
Interleukin Gene Linked to Crohn's Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 27, 2006
...the developement of Crohn's disease , also known as ulcerative colitis , or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). After testing more than 300,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, in pe...
More than 400 Biotechnology Drugs and Vaccines Under Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 16, 2006
...grounder on some biotech drugs being developed to treat anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, muscular dystrophy, and protate cancer.
[Source: PhRMA ]
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Prebiotic Infant Formula May Reduce Skin Allergies in Babies
in Allergies, on August 2, 2006
...bacteria) in the gut.
They say that "formula feed supplemented with prebiotics can modify the bowel bacteria and so reduce the chance of developing atopic dermatitis among children at high risk ...
Rho Kinase Inhibitors May Treat Certain Gastrointestinal Disorders
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 19, 2006
...on, hemorrhoids, anal fissures , Hirschsprung's disease and other similar problems involving bowel movement.
Working on mice models, scientists have shown that an ROK inhibitor, Y 27632 alle...
Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA): 35 Years After
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 22, 2006
...LISA has also been adapted to detect food allergies , particularly for the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome .
How does it work? Here's how the general method runs, as described in Wikipe...
Bowel Cancer Risk Reduced by Low Folate Level
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 27, 2006
... of folate (a B vitamin found in fruits and green leafy vegetables) can potentially cut the risk of bowel cancer.
The old knowledge is that high levels of folate protect against this disease while th...
Probiotics May Ease Stress-Related Intestinal Disorders
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 25, 2006
...ay be a promising approach to dealing with stress-related intestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome , Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Whether a similar effect can be ...
MIlk Allergy vs Lactose Intolerance
in Allergies, on April 24, 2006
...estine, lactose is digested by bacteria that live there causing production of gas that distends the bowel and can be painful. Additionally, the undigested sugars in the large intestine draw water into...
LINDSAY LOHAN'S JAILBIRD DAD SPEAKS
in The Celebrities Weblog, on April 6, 2006
...signed to jails theses days. Collins Correctional Facility sounds more like a home for persons with bowel problems than a place designed to keep drunken bums from wreaking more havoc.
Anyway, the guy...
Water Buffalo Milk: Mmmmm!!!
in Do you like to cook?, on March 23, 2006
...backed by scientific evidence, buffalo milk seems to relieve eczema , psoriasis and irritable bowel syndrome.
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The Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): A Market Analysis
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 2, 2006
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This month's issue of Nature Reviews: Drug Discovery features an analysis of the Irritable bowel Syndrome (IBS) market.
IBS has received considerable attention recently for both its co...
Microbia Raises $75M To Advance IBS Drug Candidate Through Clinical Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 28, 2006
...g into drug development, particularly in finding treatment for the potential 10 million Irritable bowel Syndrome patients in the US (see photo from Microbia, left). And investors are expressing...
chewing gum may speed recovery from colon surgery
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 22, 2006
...agues at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, California.
Any type of abdominal surgery can disrupt bowel function, and it may be some time before the intestines start working properly again. Prolonge...
Potty Training
in The Parenting Weblog, on January 26, 2006
... fusses, or shows other signs of obvious discomfort when her diaper is soiled.
He has predictable bowel movements on a regular basis.
She expresses an interest in using the toilet or potty seat.
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Two New Vaccines Against Viral Diarrhea
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 9, 2006
...s not recommended for infants due to a strong association between Rotashield and intussusception ( bowel obstruction).
Clinical trials, however, indicate that two new oral vaccines, virtually e...
Travel to Italy to see a giant Pink Rabbit
in The Flyaway Weblog, on September 21, 2005
...step down the decaying corpse, through the wound, now small like a maggot, over woolen kidney and bowel. Happy you leave like the larva that gets its wings from an innocent carcass at the roadside.
S...
The use of capsule endoscopy expands
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 25, 2005
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Capsule endoscopy is becoming more popular. Typically it is used to image the small bowel, which can be difficult to visualize using traditional upper endoscopy ( EGD ). Now, they are using it to ...
Backcountry Blues Part Two
in The Outdoor Weblog, on April 13, 2005
...er. As soon as our
fire master had some logs from the well-stocked backcountry
hut blazing in the bowel of the stove, Willow curled up inches
from the hot iron, and could not be coaxed into eating,...