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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued guidelines for the role of endoscopy in treating dyspepsia, discomfort thought to arise from the upper-gastrointestinal tract, which affects a fourth of the population in Western countries. An upper endoscopy is a procedure which uses an instrument to evaluate the inside of the esophagus, stomach and [...]

Although delaying surgical treatment remains the standard of care for patients with severe gallstone pancreatitis, a new study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that, contrary to widespread belief, early cholecystectomy — or surgical removal of the gallbladder — significantly reduces hospital stays in patients with [...]

Crohn’s is a condition that affects one in 800 people in the UK and causes chronic intestinal inflammation, leading to pain, bleeding and diarrhoea. The team found that a bacterium called Mycobacterium paratuberculosis releases a molecule that prevents a type of white blood cell from killing E.coli bacteria found in the body. E.coli is known [...]

Researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently examined the safety and quality of “wash techniques” used in the production of packaged produce. The study, published in HortScience, simulated washing techniques to learn more about how industry practices affect quality and safety of pre-cut lettuce. Yaguang Luo, PhD, Research Food Technologist at the [...]

Sucampo Pharma Ltd. (SPL), a wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing prostone-based therapies for age-related and other diseases, announced the initiation of a multi-center Phase 2b dose-ranging study in Japan to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lubiprostone for adult Chronic Idiopathic Constipation. The randomized, parallel group, [...]

Heartburn does not have to be part of your holiday celebrations if you follow some simple suggestions from Dr. Gulchin Ergun, a gastroenterologist with The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Q: What is heartburn? A: Heartburn is a burning pain behind the breastbone. A person might also experience an acid or burning taste in their throat, [...]

Raven biotechnologies, inc., a privately held company focused on the development of monoclonal antibody therapeutics (MAbs) for cancer, announced it is continuing to enroll new patients in the maximum tolerated dose cohort expansion segment of its Phase 1/2a trial for patients with cancers of the gastrointestinal tract that express the RAAG12 antigen. RAAG12 is a [...]

AspenBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPY) an emerging bio-pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel drugs and diagnostics for animals and humans, has received an official response from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety (OIVD) regarding AspenBio’s pre-investigational device exemption (“IDE”) application on AppyScore(TM), the first [...]

Endemic cholera, a potentially fatal diarrheal disease found in the world’s most impoverished countries, could be effectively controlled by orally vaccinating half of the affected populations once every two years for only pennies per dose, according to new findings by an international team of researchers led by Ira M. Longini Jr., Ph.D., a biostatistician in [...]

New data from a large European clinical vaccine trial, published in The Lancet, shows Rotarix™, GSK’s rotavirus vaccine, to be effective against the five most commonly circulating rotavirus types (G1, G2, G3, G4 and G9).These virus types are responsible for more than 98% of rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) disease in Europe during the first two years [...]