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Newswise: From drive-thru to OR: a twisted tale of UK patient's rare condition, complex surgery
Released: 6-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
From drive-thru to OR: a twisted tale of UK patient's rare condition, complex surgery
University of Kentucky

When Jacob Whitt rolled through the drive-thru with friends one night in November 2022, he had no idea that the cheesy, saucy goodness he ordered would lead to a 38-day stay in the hospital.

Newswise: Exploring Disparities in Colorectal Cancer
Released: 29-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Exploring Disparities in Colorectal Cancer
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Howard S. Hochster, MD, FACP, director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Associate Director for Clinical Research and director of Oncology Research, RWJBarnabas Health shares his recommendations about keeping our attention focused on barriers to health care and preventive services and continuing to educate ourselves and others about colorectal cancer to reduce disparities.

Newswise: Insights into the Growing Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults
Released: 29-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Insights into the Growing Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is on the rise in young adults. Incidences of colorectal cancer in young people (those between their mid-20s and late 50s) has more than doubled since the 1990s. Howard S. Hochster, MD, FACP, director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Associate Director for Clinical Research and director of Oncology Research, RWJBarnabas Health, shares his thoughts on this trend.

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Released: 28-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Some Patients With Liver Disease May Tolerate Small Amounts of Alcohol Without Getting Sicker
Cedars-Sinai

Patients diagnosed with steatotic liver disease (formerly called fatty liver disease) are usually advised to stop drinking alcoholic beverages. But a new study led by Cedars-Sinai found that drinking, on average, a small amount of alcohol a day did not lead to further liver damage in patients with mild disease.

Newswise: Transcription Factor Plays Pivotal Role in Right-Sided Colon Cancers
Released: 27-Feb-2024 11:00 AM EST
Transcription Factor Plays Pivotal Role in Right-Sided Colon Cancers
Johns Hopkins Medicine

The colon is often thought of as one organ, but the right and left parts of the colon have different molecular features in cancers. New research in mice from investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center demonstrates that these regions also have distinct transcriptional programs, or cellular processes, that regulate the development of normal and cancerous cells.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Long COVID can happen to anyone. Keep up with the latest research on Long COVID on Newswise
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Stay informed! These are the latest research articles on "Long COVID" from the Coronavirus News Source on Newswise.

Newswise: RUDN scientists discover changes in gastrointestinal organs after space flight
Released: 21-Feb-2024 9:15 AM EST
RUDN scientists discover changes in gastrointestinal organs after space flight
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University scientists have shown how the tissues of the digestive system change in weightlessness. The experiment was carried out on laboratory rodents that were in space flight for a month

Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Life doesn't stop at age 65. Get the latest on seniors and healthy aging in the Seniors channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest research and features on this growing population of older adults in the Seniors channel on Newswise.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Why studying astronauts’ microbiomes is crucial to ensure deep space mission success
Frontiers

Space exploration is a complex and risky mission that requires careful preparation and a thorough understanding of the challenges inherent to life in space

Newswise: A New Ultrasound Technology is Revolutionizing IBD Care at UNC School of Medicine
Released: 8-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
A New Ultrasound Technology is Revolutionizing IBD Care at UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

The UNC School of Medicine is on pace to become one of the few sites in the United States to incorporate intestinal ultrasound as an imaging technique for managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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Released: 6-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
RESEARCH ALERT: The New Geography of the Gut
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators from Cedars-Sinai; the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); Harvard University; and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel conducted a study to determine where individual nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine. For the first time, they identified the molecular markers that define five distinct intestinal regions.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Gut bacteria can process dietary fiber into an anti-allergy weapon, finds new study
Tokyo University of Science

The intricate relationship that exists between humans and the gut microbiome has become a hot research topic, and scientists are constantly uncovering new reasons why a healthy diet can lead to a healthier life.

Newswise: A tie between the most common obesity surgeries
Released: 30-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
A tie between the most common obesity surgeries
University of Gothenburg

The two most common obesity surgeries – gastric bypass and gastric sleeve – have few short-term complications and are equivalent in that sense. These are the findings of a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Our winter of discontent: Get the latest news on the flu in the Influenza channel
Newswise

The latest research and expertise on the flue can be found in the Influenza channel on Newswise.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
American College of Surgeons Efforts Help Roll Back Restrictive Sedation Policy
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

The American College of Surgeons, with multiple other medical societies, has successfully advocated for the delay of a harmful Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts medical policy that would restrict the use of monitored anesthesia care during colorectal and other GI procedures.

25-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine Receives Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant for Crohn's Disease Research
Mount Sinai Health System

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support an innovative research project aimed at understanding the early stages of Crohn’s disease before noticeable symptoms develop.

Newswise: Medical Student with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Helping Pediatricians Understand the Power of Thier Words
Released: 23-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Medical Student with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Helping Pediatricians Understand the Power of Thier Words
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Catalina Berenblum Tobi, a 4th-year medical student, and Mara Buchbinder, PhD, professor and vice chair of social medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, recently published research about the words pediatricians use when describing inflammatory bowel disease to patients and how they affect patient perceptions of illness.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Develops New Tools to Improve Pancreatic Cancer Patient Care
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Cedars-Sinai Develops New Tools to Improve Pancreatic Cancer Patient Care
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have used a unique precision medicine and artificial intelligence (AI) tool called the Molecular Twin Precision Oncology Platform to identify biomarkers that outperform the standard test for predicting pancreatic cancer survival.

Released: 19-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Leading Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Cancer Conferences to Feature Yale Cancer Center Researchers
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

Yale Cancer Center researchers at Yale School of Medicine will present new cancer research at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium as well as the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium this month.

Released: 19-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Don't wait for an emergency to get the latest emergency medicine news
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Find the latest research and features on emergency medicine in the Emergency Medicine channel on Newswise.

       
Released: 19-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
Climate change linked to spread of diarrheal illness
University of Surrey

Temperature, day length and humidity have been found to be linked to the increased spread of a diarrhoeal illness a new study from the University of Surrey reveals.

Newswise: 'It was a breath of fresh air' – treatment of rare tumor helps KCH patient feel like herself again
Released: 18-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
'It was a breath of fresh air' – treatment of rare tumor helps KCH patient feel like herself again
University of Kentucky

With one smile, 18-year-old Payton Ebertshauer of London can light up any room.

Newswise: Bioengineered approach shows promise in ulcerative colitis
Released: 16-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Bioengineered approach shows promise in ulcerative colitis
UT Southwestern Medical Center

By taking advantage of mechanisms that allow cancer cells to evade immune attack, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a new strategy in animal models that has potential for treating ulcerative colitis.

Newswise: Innovative Microfluidic Device Models Gut Neuro-Epithelial Connections
Released: 10-Jan-2024 8:50 AM EST
Innovative Microfluidic Device Models Gut Neuro-Epithelial Connections
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Epithelial cells and sensory neurons communicate through neuro-epithelial connections in the GI tract, essential for major senses and digestion.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Group Welcomes Heather Klavan, M.D.
Released: 8-Jan-2024 5:00 PM EST
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Group Welcomes Heather Klavan, M.D.
Hackensack Meridian Health

Pascack Valley Medical Group has announced that Heather Klavan, M.D., has joined the practice in the field of gastroenterology.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 2:00 PM EST
Starting a family with the help of science: The latest research in Fertility
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Find the latest research and features on fertility in the Fertility News Source on Newswise.

       

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Newswise: Narrow-band imaging at low magnification can detect lesions overlooked by white-light imaging.
Released: 21-Dec-2023 8:15 AM EST
Narrow-band imaging at low magnification can detect lesions overlooked by white-light imaging.
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A Japanese researcher retrospectively compared the detection rate of gastric tumors in patients with 5 times annual gastroscopies with conventional magnifying endoscopy (CE) and Narrow-band imaging at low magnification (LM-NBI).

Released: 20-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Working with Big Data requires a lot of power! The latest research and features on Supercomputing
Newswise

With the rise in machine learning applications and artificial intelligence, it's no wonder that more and more scientists and researchers are turning to supercomputers. Supercomputers are commonly used for making predictions with advanced modeling and simulations. This can be applied to climate research, weather forecasting, genomic sequencing, space exploration, aviation engineering and more.

       
Released: 14-Dec-2023 5:00 AM EST
New research lays groundwork for personalised dietary supplements
University of Vienna

A groundbreaking study led by David Berry and Alessandra Riva from the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna has significantly advanced our understanding of prebiotics in nutrition and gut health.

   
Newswise: UNC Researchers Reveal Prevalence of Persistent Symptoms in Patients with Microscopic Colitis
Released: 13-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
UNC Researchers Reveal Prevalence of Persistent Symptoms in Patients with Microscopic Colitis
University of North Carolina Health Care System

A new study led by Walker Redd, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, examines how multiple factors contribute to the miscommunication and understanding of the digestive disease, microscopic colitis.

Released: 12-Dec-2023 1:30 PM EST
Vitamin D crucial for gut health: Deficiency linked to inflammation in IBD patients
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Lower levels of vitamin D found in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are linked to inflammation, potentially playing a role in the disease's development, findings from a cross-sectional observational study published in Medicine® show.

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Newswise: Doctors Discover Many Patients at UNC’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic Screen Positive for Malnutrition
Released: 8-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Doctors Discover Many Patients at UNC’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic Screen Positive for Malnutrition
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Research led by first and second authors Aaron C. Viser, Adelaide R. Cooke, and corresponding author Anne F. Peery, MD, associate professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, reveals how a screening tool can measure the prevalence of malnutrition among patients at the UNC Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic.

Released: 7-Dec-2023 2:15 PM EST
Looking for unique stories about the winter holidays? Check out the Winter Holidays channel
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It's the moooost wonderful time...of the year! Are you looking for new story ideas that are focused on the winter holiday season? Perhaps you're working on a story on on managing stress and anxiety? Perhaps you're working on a story on seasonal affective disorder? Or perhaps your editor asked you to write a story on tracking Santa? Look no further. Check out the Winter Holidays channel.

       
Newswise: Reverse Metabolomics: New Method Finds Biomarker for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Released: 5-Dec-2023 1:30 PM EST
Reverse Metabolomics: New Method Finds Biomarker for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego scientists’ debut “reverse metabolomics,” a groundbreaking approach to advancing microbiome research. They use the technique to discover hundreds of new human molecules, and a new biomarker and therapeutic target for inflammatory bowel disease

Released: 29-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Non-Europeans have more eating disorder symptoms - but are less likely to receive specialist treatment
Karolinska Institute

People in Sweden of non-European descent have almost three times as many eating disorder symptoms as people born in Sweden. But despite this, they have significantly less access to specialist treatment. This is according to new research from Karolinska Institutet published in BJPsych Open.

Newswise: Arts, medicine combine to help patients with chronic digestive symptoms
Released: 28-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Arts, medicine combine to help patients with chronic digestive symptoms
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

In a study led by a team at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Ohio State’s Wexner Center for the Arts, patients suffering from digestive symptoms were prescribed participation in an art program designed to help ease stress associated with their chronic illness.

Newswise: Sylvester study: Country of birth a key factor in assessing risk for conditions favorable to stomach cancer development
Released: 28-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Sylvester study: Country of birth a key factor in assessing risk for conditions favorable to stomach cancer development
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that country of birth – not just geographic region – is a key risk factor for gastric intestinal metaplasia, a precursor lesion of stomach cancer.

Released: 22-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Getting to the root of visceral gut pain
Michigan State University

Researchers at Michigan State University have shown that cells known as glia could lower the threshold to trigger visceral pain in patients, such as those with irritable bowel syndrome, who have experienced inflammation in the gut. The finding was reported in the journal Science Signaling. The team discovered this phenomenon in mice, meaning the results may not completely extrapolate to humans. Still, the work provides a new avenue of exploration to better treat visceral pain, which is the most common gastrointestinal issue.

   
Released: 21-Nov-2023 3:45 PM EST
It's not over until it's over. Keep up with the latest COVID research in the Coronavirus channel.
Newswise

Stay informed! Keep up with the latest research on the COVID-19 virus in the Coronavirus channel on Newswise.

Released: 15-Nov-2023 11:20 AM EST
From Farm to Newsroom: The Latest Research and Features on Agriculture
Newswise

The world’s total population is expected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050. This rapid increase in population is boosting the demand for agriculture to cater for the increased demand. Below are some of the latest research and features on agriculture and farming in the Agriculture channel on Newswise.

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Released: 14-Nov-2023 7:00 AM EST
Antidepressants Taken during Pregnancy May Affect Children’s Digestive Health
American Physiological Society (APS)

A new study finds that a commonly prescribed class of antidepressant drugs taken during pregnancy may affect digestive health in offspring later in life. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. It was chosen as an APSselect article for November.

Released: 7-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
Body changes up to eight years before inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis
Francis Crick Institute

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Aalborg University in Copenhagen have shown that changes can be detected in blood tests up to eight years before a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and up to three years before a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.

Newswise: Studies on Higher Infliximab Concentrations in IBD, Opioid-Related Constipation and More in the November Issue of AJG
Released: 7-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
Studies on Higher Infliximab Concentrations in IBD, Opioid-Related Constipation and More in the November Issue of AJG
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

The November issue of AJG highlights new clinical science and reviews including additional colonoscopy quality measures, higher infliximab concentrations in IBD patients with higher visceral adipose tissue (VAT), an automated tissue systems pathology test for Barrett’s esophagus, and opioid-related constipation.

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