http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Most people know a colonoscopy requires some preparation by the patient. Now, a Mayo Clinic physician suggests an additional step to lower the risk of colorectal cancer: Ask for your doctor's success rate detecting easy-to-miss polyps called adenomas. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-class-easy-to-miss-precancerous-polyps-ups.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:13:37 EST news276858808 (Medical Xpress)—A bug thought to be one of the 'good bacteria' in our gut may actually have a role in the development of a bowel disorder that is on the rise in Scotland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-good-bug-role-bowel-disease.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:49:31 EST news274434547 Research unveiled today at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 77th Annual Scientific meeting in Las Vegas suggests a possible overlap of symptoms of two prevalent GI disorders: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and further suggests a possible link between subtle GI tract inflammation and IBS symptoms—a link that is also the focus of the first systemic review of the literature on this topic and an editorial both published in this month's American Journal of Gastroenterology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-overlap-ibs-symptoms-inflammatory-bowel.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:05:20 EST news270119111 (HealthDay)—A new drug significantly reduces the abdominal pain and constipation characteristic of certain types of irritable bowel syndrome, according to two new studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-drug-bowel-syndrome.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:20:03 EST news267186928 An Indiana University School of Medicine gastroenterologist led a team of distinguished physicians who developed the first guidelines for diagnosis and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The guidelines were published simultaneously in the June issues of the journals Hepatology, Gastroenterology and the American Journal of Gastroenterology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-iu-gastroenterologist-guidelines-prevalent-liver.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:08:10 EST news259517280 Since the 1970s, U.S. mortality rates due to colorectal cancer have declined overall, yet among blacks and Hispanics, the death rates rose. Evidence suggests that underuse of colonoscopy screening among these groups is one reason for the large disparities. In 2003, New York City launched a multifaceted campaign to improve colonoscopy rates among racial and ethnic minorities and women. A new study conducted by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene demonstrates the notable success of the campaign. Results show a 20-percentage point jump in colonoscopy screenings among all New Yorkers ages 50 and older and the elimination of disparities across several demographic populations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-colon-cancer-screening-campaign-erases.html Cancer Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:27:45 EST news240841658 Seeing a chance to stop one of the most deadly kinds of cancer before it forms, doctors at hospitals around the nation are focusing on the common pancreatic cyst. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-doctors-aim-pancreatic-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:19:09 EST news230555916