A research group from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center led by Prof. Ohad Birk has discovered genetic mutations that lead to intestinal blockages in newborns from two Bedouin tribes in Israel. The new paper p…
About one-third of CT examinations performed following an inconclusive abdominal ultrasound examination have positive findings, according to a study of 449 patients at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Opinions vary as to the need and relevance…
Black children are less likely than white children to receive medication for abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED) even when they report severe pain, according to a study to be presented Saturday, April 28, at the Pediatric Academic Societies…
Exciting new data presented at the International Liver Congress™ 2012 shows the gut microbiota’s causal role in the development of diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), independent of obesity.(1) Though an early stage animal model, …
A new study presented at the International Liver Congress™ 2012 demonstrates that the gut microbiota has a profound systemic effect on bile acid metabolism.(1) Bile acids are synthesised from cholesterol in the liver and further metabolised by the gu…
A study in the April issue of Archives of Surgery, demonstrates that in comparison with laparoscopic surgery, open surgery seems to be linked to a higher risk of small-bowel obstruction (SBO). The researchers state in their study background that SBO is…
According to an article in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, one single dose medication may eliminate serious complications of ERCP, a procedure typically applied to diagnose and treat problems of the bile and pancreatic ducts. …
The incidence of pancreatitis after ERCP was considerably reduced if patients were administered rectal indomethacin after their procedure, researchers from the University of Michigan Health System and Indiana University Medical Center reported in NEJM …
Surgery need not be the first line of treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis, researchers from Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, England, reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). Often, the use of antibio…
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have a significantly greater prevalence of early adverse life events, including general trauma as well as physical, emotional and sexual abuse, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepat…
