http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research is showing that emu oil has therapeutic potential for the treatment of a variety of common bowel diseases in addition to the intestinal damage caused by cancer chemotherapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-emu-oil-common-bowel-diseases.html Medical research Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:13:44 EST news285228819 Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) continues to proliferate, driven largely by expansion of a strain of E. coli know as sequence type ST131. A new study points to hospitals and long-term care facilities (LTCF) as settings in which this antibiotic-resistant strain is increasingly found. The study is published in the April issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-antibiotic-resistant-strain-coli-older-adults.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:14:27 EST news282312860 (HealthDay)—Over the past 30 years in Denmark, mortality from ulcerative colitis (UC) has decreased, but mortality from Crohn's disease (CD) has remained persistently higher than the general population, according to research published in the January issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-ulcerative-colitis-crohn-deaths.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:00:01 EST news277994593 (HealthDay)—The first medication to treat diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS who take antiretroviral drugs has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fulyzaq-art-related-diarrhea-hivaids.html Medications Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:32:00 EST news276431502 The research undertaken by researchers at University College, Imperial College, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is the first ever detailed assessment of infectious diseases investments made by funding organisations to UK institutions. The study shows that gastrointestinal infections, antimicrobial resistance, and some neglected tropical diseases such as trachoma, the commonest infectious cause of blindness globally, receive particularly low levels of investment from UK funders, relative to the disability and death that they cause. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-uk-funding-infectious-disease-neglects.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:30:01 EST news271614055 A synthetic mixture of intestinal bacteria could one day replace stool transplants as a treatment for Clostridium difficile (C. difficile). C. difficile is a toxin-producing bacteria that can overpopulate the colon when antibiotics eradicate other, naturally protective bacteria living there. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-synthetic-stool-prospective-treatment-difficile.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:50:01 EST news255017092 A family of proteins is yielding new information about how it contributes to the development of gastrointestinal disease and cancer. A team of UNC scientists reports that in pre-clinical models, the absence of a protein called NLRP12 significantly increases susceptibility to colitis-associated colon cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-unc-scientists-protein-colon-cancer.html Immunology Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:46:49 EST news253953758 In the largest study of its kind, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered five new genetic mutations associated with Crohn's disease in Jews of Eastern European descent, also known as Ashkenazi Jews. The findings, which appear in the March 8 online edition of PLoS Genetics, are the first step in an attempt to explain why the prevalence of Crohn's disease is nearly four times higher in Ashkenazi Jews than in other populations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-genetic-variations-crohn-disease-ashkenazi.html Genetics Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:00:08 EST news250444201 (Medical Xpress) -- A new vaccine is being tested in the US that may protect against the norovirus, which causes "stomach flu" or acute viral gastroenteritis, that can occur in confined living settings such as cruise ships, nursing homes, hospitals, schools, and military establishments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-vaccine-epidemic-gastroenteritis.html Medications Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:20:01 EST news242642730 The first study of the social and ethical issues associated with a provocative approach to treatment for ulcerative colitis has found that the majority of potential patients are eager for what is now called "fecal microbiota transplantation" to become available, although many have concerns about donor selection, screening, and methods of delivery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-patients-bowel-disease-eager-fecal.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:26:37 EST news226225578 For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have conclusive evidence that bacteria residing in the gut influence brain chemistry and behaviour. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-anxiety-gut.html Medical research Tue, 17 May 2011 10:59:07 EST news224848724