http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Free fatty acids created during the digestion of infant formula cause cellular death that may contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal condition that is often fatal and occurs most commonly in premature infants, according to a study by University of California, San Diego bioengineers. Their report, which was based on in vitro tests comparing the digestion of fresh human breast milk and nine different infant formulas, was published online in the journal Pediatric Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-vitro-digested-formula-breast-toxic.html Pediatrics Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:50:50 EST news274362640 An international team of sleep researchers has developed the world's first screening tool to help reduce workplace accidents and illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and cancer, caused by shift work. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-shifting-safety-overnight-workers.html Health Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:15:23 EST news273751920 (HealthDay)—Gastrointestinal diseases account for substantial morbidity, mortality, and cost in the United States, according to research published in the November issue of Gastroenterology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-burden-gastrointestinal-disease-substantial.html Cancer Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:54:41 EST news270741268 Patients newly diagnosed with pediatric Crohn's disease had significantly different levels of certain types of bacteria in their intestinal tracts than age-matched controls, according to a paper in the October Journal of Clinical Microbiology. The work may ultimately lead to treatment involving manipulation of the intestinal bacteria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-specific-bacterial-species-crohn.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:32:13 EST news270135115 University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is one of five institutions nationwide performing a novel scarless procedure that restores swallowing function in some patients with achalasia, a rare condition where the esophagus is unable to move food into the stomach. Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a state-of-the-art technique to treat patients without any external incisions or outside scars. With POEM, surgeons enter through the mouth and tunnel an endoscope down the esophagus to cut the muscle fibers to open the esophagus, allowing food to enter the stomach. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-uh-case-medical-center-scarless.html Surgery Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:47:18 EST news267720430 (HealthDay) -- A Western-style diet is associated with increased levels of endotoxin activity (endotoxemia), and a prudent-style diet (containing moderately greater amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin C, and vitamin E than the Western-style diet) is linked to reduced endotoxemia, according to a study published in the May issue of Gastroenterology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-endotoxemia-diet.html Health Thu, 03 May 2012 14:50:07 EST news255274618 The underlying reason autism is often associated with gastrointestinal problems is an unknown, but new results to be published in the online journal mBio on January 10 reveal that the guts of autistic children differ from other children in at least one important way: many children with autism harbor a type of bacteria in their guts that non-autistic children do not. The study was conducted by Brent Williams and colleagues at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-bacteria-gut-autistic-children-non-autistic.html Autism spectrum disorders Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:09:14 EST news245354941