News articles tagged with 'gastric' (Page 2)
'Tough love' no good for obesity interventions
— 15 Jul 2010 14:47 | HealthObese people support lifestyle-change interventions, rather than those that purely promote weight loss. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health…
Bariatric surgery in diabetic adults improves insulin sensitivity better than diet
— 22 Jun 2010 11:40 | HealthGastric bypass surgery improves Type 2 diabetes by other mechanisms in addition to weight loss and does so better than a low-calorie diet despite achieving equal weight loss, a new…
X-rays help physicians diagnose and treat gastric band slippage
— 22 Jun 2010 11:10 | HealthStandard radiography (X-rays) can help physicians diagnose laparoscopic adjustable gastric band slippage, a known complication of adjustable gastric banding surgery, according to a…
'Lap-band' weight loss surgery in very obese adults improves mental health
— 22 Jun 2010 09:05 | HealthOne year after weight loss surgery with laparoscopic gastric banding, extremely obese adults demonstrate not only better physical health but also improved psychological health, a new…
Can eGFR be a routine preoperative renal function test?
— 21 May 2010 12:54 | HealthThe creatinine clearance (Ccr) test has been used as a gold standard for evaluation of preoperative renal function in patients with gastric cancer. However, it is known that Ccr is…
Why can surgical treatment improve type 2 diabetes mellitus?
— 13 May 2010 10:45 | HealthDiabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease resulted from, either decreased production of insulin or increased resistance to it from peripheral tissues or both factors combined…
Nuclear matrix proteins contribute to differentiation of gastric cancer cells
— 8 May 2010 18:12 | HealthGastric cancer is the most common malignant gastrointestinal cancer and accounts for 25% of cancer deaths. Nuclear matrix, a filamentous protein framework for eukaryotic cellular chromatin,…
Treatment of Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric MALT lymphoma
— 8 May 2010 17:42 | HealthEradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a well-accepted initial therapy in cases of localised (stage IE) low-grade gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma…
Study examines incidence of gastric cancer
— 5 May 2010 10:42 | HealthThe incidence of a certain type of gastric cancer has declined in the last 30 years for all age groups and races, except for whites 25 to 39 years of age, according to a study in the…
Gastric adenomyoma presenting as melena
— 21 Apr 2010 09:26 | HealthGastric adenomyoma (AM) is a rare, benign tumour, characteristically composed of glands and cysts, lined by columnar, flattened epithelia and a prominent smooth muscle stroma. Patients…