http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered new clues about how the intestine maintains friendly relations with the 100 trillion symbiotic bacteria that normally live in the digestive tract. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-scientists-unmask-mysterious-cells-key.html Medical research Mon, 09 May 2011 15:00:16 EST news224161243 DNA from Helicobacter pylori, a common stomach bacteria, minimizes the effects of colitis in mice, according to a new study by University of Michigan Medical School scientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dna-common-stomach-bacteria-minimizes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 05 May 2011 16:44:59 EST news223832641 A new study reports that multipolar electrocoagulation in combination with acid suppression is a safe and effective method to ablate nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus over the long term. No adenocarcinoma (cancer) or high-grade dysplasia of the esophagus developed in any of the study patients. This is the largest published series and longest follow-up of patients with nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus who underwent ablation therapy with multipolar electrocoagulation. The study appears in the April issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-long-term-follow-up-multipolar-electrocoagulation-ablation.html Cancer Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:04:40 EST news222966237