Fumagillin, a drug once used to treat malaria, has been found to be effective against chronic Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in immunocompromised patients. Until now, there
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 19 – Oral bacteriotherapy with Lactobacillus rhamnosus and L. reuteri reduces the duration of diarrhea in children with mild gastroenteritis
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — June 17, 2002 — The new COX-2 inhibitor valdecoxib (Bextra®) appears to be less likely to bother osteoarthritis (OA) patients with signs
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 19 – Mice lacking a receptor for a gastric polypeptide fail to develop obesity when fed a high-fat diet, according
STANFORD, CA — June 10, 2002 — Rates of cervical cancer dropped by 78 percent once women started receiving yearly pap smears in the 1940s.
The probiotics Lactobacilli and Saccharomyces boulardii were better than placebo in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea, according to a meta-analysis of 9 trials reported in the June
June 13, 2002 The probiotics Lactobacilli and Saccharomyces boulardii were better than placebo in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea, according to a meta-analysis of 9 trials
Topical application of a gel containing L-arginine 400 mg/mL promotes healing of chronic anal fissures, according to results of a small phase II study, presented
Two trials reported Friday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) show that use of radiofrequency energy to
June 12, 2002 Helicobacter pylori infection has previously been linked to chronic open-angle glaucoma, and results of a study reported in the June 10
June 14, 2002 In a consensus conference held from June 10-12 on hepatitis C (HCV), a panel convened by the National Institutes of Health
06/07/2002 By Mark Moran Longer duration of treatment with methylprednisolone for acute hepatic cell rejection following liver transplant–followed by tapering the dose–appears to be safer
06/07/2002 By Robert Short Colonic mucosal biopsy and ileoscopy in patients undergoing colonoscopy for diarrhoea increases the finding of pathology by five percent. Australian researchers
06/07/2002 Anne MacLennan Liver histology adds weight to growing evidence that in people co-infected with hepatitis C virus, hepatitis G is not pathogenic and does
CHICAGO, IL — June 7, 2002 — A comparison of the three common methods of hemorrhoidectomy — stapling, ultrasonic dissection, and diathermy — suggests stapling
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC — June 7, 2002 — Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for
Craig J. Cender, Dirk Haller, Charlotte Walters, Ryan B. Sartor, Chapel Hill, NC Background & Aim: Clinical and experimental observations have demonstrated efficacy of the
K. Madsen, H, Jijon, H. Yeung, C. McKaigney, *C. de Simone. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, *University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy. Immune cells can distinguish
Toshiki Mimura, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Fernando Rizzello, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Stephan Schreiber, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany; Ian C Talbot, R J Nicholls,
K M Lammers, Policlinico S. Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; A Vergopoulos, N Babel, Institute of Medical Immunology, University Hospital Charite, Berlin Humboldt University,