News articles tagged with 'gastrointestinal' (Page 9)
Sensor necklace aims to increase drug compliance
— 6 Mar 2008 14:29 | HealthResearchers now have a possible solution for the one in three adults who fail to take their medicines as prescribed by their doctors, as well as for everyone else who occasionally forgets:…
'Innocent bystanders' can be the cause of tumour development
— 3 Mar 2008 21:01 | HealthTumour growth has commonly been viewed as a result of mutations in a given cell that will therefore proliferate uncontrollably. However, a study conducted at the University of Helsinki,…
Chewing gum - the new post-operative medicine
— 28 Feb 2008 22:51 | HealthIn an article recently recommended by Bradley Kropp of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, researchers find chewing gum is a simple solution to the recovery of bowel function after gastrointestinal…
Which segments of the gastrointestinal tract does Salmonella enteritidis penetrate?
— 17 Jan 2008 04:00 | HealthIncidence of Salmonella enteritidis infection is common in hospitals for children, the elderly, and immuno-suppressed individuals. A paper in the 28 December 2007 of the World Journal…
Experimental weight-loss drug cuts appetite, burns more energy
— 9 Jan 2008 13:26 | HealthThe first clinical studies of an experimental drug have revealed that obese people who take it for 12 weeks lose weight, even at very low doses. Short-term studies also suggest that…