News tagged with abdominal pain
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Women with celiac disease suffer from depression, disordered eating
(Medical Xpress) -- Women with celiac disease -- an autoimmune disorder associatedwith a negative reaction to eating gluten -- are more likely than the general population to report symptoms of depression and disordered eating, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Chronic pain in children and adolescents becoming more common
Children who suffer from persistent or recurring chronic pain may miss school, withdraw from social activities, and are at risk of developing internalizing symptoms such as anxiety, in response to their pain. In the first ...
Health
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Use of opioid painkillers for abdominal pain has more than doubled
Across U.S. outpatient clinics between 1997 and 2008, opioid prescriptions for chronic abdominal pain more than doubled, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the Am ...
Medications
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Discovery may help fight late-stage ovarian cancer
A potential breakthrough in treating late-stage ovarian cancer has come from University of Guelph researchers who have discovered a peptide that shrinks advanced tumours and improves survival rates for this deadly but often ...
Cancer
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Mayo Clinic develops new way to rate severity of colitis, a common cause of diarrhea
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new way to assess a common cause of chronic diarrhea, microscopic colitis, using the Microscopic Colitis Disease Activity Index. A study describing the index was released today during ...
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Oct 31, 2011 |
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Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
Just one drink per day for women -- two for men -- could lead to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and subsequently cause gastrointestinal symptoms like bloating, gas, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhea, ...
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Oct 31, 2011 |
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Study shows benefits, limits of therapy for rare inflammatory syndrome
(Medical Xpress) -- A study shows that the medication etanercept reduces the frequency and severity of symptoms of TNF receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), a rare inherited condition characterized by recurrent fevers, ...
Inflammatory disorders
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Pain characteristics suggest higher benefit from gallbladder surgery
According to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, better understanding of a patient's abdominal pain could help physicians know which patients will benefit most from surgical removal of the gallbladder. Clinic ...
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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Breakthrough in genetics of fibroids
Uterine leiomyomas, also called fibroids, cause a very significant burden to women's health. They are benign tumors that occur in 60% of women by the age of 45 years and cause symptoms such as abdominal pain and discomfort, ...
Medical research
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Study examines screening for pancreatic cancer in high-risk populations
Researchers from New England report in a new study that using a tumor marker, serum CA 19-9, combined with an endoscopic ultrasound if the tumor marker is elevated, is more likely to detect stage 1 pancreatic cancer in a ...
Cancer
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Benign or cancerous? Gene test predicts cancer potential in pancreatic cysts
Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a gene-based test to distinguish harmless from precancerous pancreatic cysts. The test may eventually help some patients avoid needless surgery to remove the harmless ...
Cancer
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Low adherence to biopsy guidelines affects celiac disease diagnosis in the United States
A new study has found that most patients undergoing biopsy of the small intestine do not have the recommended number of samples to diagnose celiac disease. The study, published in the July 2011 issue of Gastrointestinal En ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 07, 2011 |
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New research deepens understanding of most common gastrointestinal disorder in US
Cedars-Sinai researchers have reported two advances in the understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 30 million people.
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May 11, 2011 |
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DNA from common stomach bacteria minimizes effects of colitis
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.
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May 05, 2011 |
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