The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a nationwide alert to warn against the use of injectable drugs prepared by Urgent Care Pharmacy

Chromosomal instability is likely to be an early event in the process of colorectal tumorigenesis, preceding the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes, according to a

Combined bacterial/host genotyping appears to be useful in determining the risk of gastric carcinoma in patients with chronic gastritis, according to a report published in

US food companies urged the government on Thursday to temporarily ban the use of corn, soybeans and other food crops to produce pharmaceuticals after a

High red meat intake and low vegetable intake is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer in an Asian population, according to a report

A report on France’s controversial hepatitis B vaccination campaign in the mid-nineties has slammed the government for failing to assess possible side effects properly beforehand.

Appendectomy may protect against inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with respect to time of onset and severity of disease, according to a study comparing patients with

Patient-controlled sedation (PCS) during colonoscopy was as effective and significantly safer than standard intravenous sedation determined by the endoscopist, according to the results of a

Editor’s Note: The desperate shortage of donor livers available for transplant is forcing closer scrutiny of transplantation criteria. The Model for Endstage Liver Disease (MELD)

Washing syringes in bleach may help prevent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among injection drug users, according to the findings of a nested case-control study.

Since the 1995 recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that all unvaccinated 11- and 12-year-old children should be immunized against hepatitis B,

There appears to be no safety advantage to mesalazine over sulphasalazine in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a report in the

When adult liver transplantation involves living donor, left-lobe grafts appear to place less surgical stress on the donor and are less likely to result in

Patients with celiac disease (CD) or dermatitis herpetiforms (DH) have an overall cancer risk that is only slightly higher than that of people without these

The immune enhancer granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) sagramostim significantly improved symptoms in 80% of 15 patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease and induced

Wine drinkers are just as likely to develop liver cirrhosis if they drink to excess as those who drink beer or spirits, according to research

Normal intestinal microflora is essential for normal postnatal development of the mesenchymal capillary network in the intestinal villi, researchers at the Washington University School of

Treatment options for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are limited: gastric reduction surgery for the morbidly obese and weight loss for those who can achieve it. A

When surgery is not an option for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, arterial chemoembolization, but not tamoxifen, may prolong survival of patients with advanced disease, reported

על פי דיווח מאתר וואלה, מבקר משרד הבריאות באופן חמור את בי”ח איכילוב בנושא הפנייה לשר”פ. לפי הכתבה, המשוררת דפנה אילת בן שושן, חולת סרטן, פנתה