NEW YORK, NY — March 15, 2002 — In 41 patients undergoing the Stretta procedure for gastroesophageal reflux disease, 18 of 29 (62 percent) examined
Patients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) are often seen to have gastrointestinal involvement. These cells can infiltrate gastric tissues infected with Helicobacter pylori. Physicians from
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 14 Laparoscopic repair of perforated peptic ulcer is as safe and effective as the standard open procedure, according to results
Low-dose carvedilol is considered a potent portal hypotensive pharmacological agent, say British researchers. Doctors at the Liver Unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, in
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 13 – Regardless of the serotype isolated, after an outbreak of salmonella about in 1 in 10 patients will develop
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 08 – Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients often demonstrate impaired lung function, according to a report by German investigators. While
LAKE FOREST, IL — February 28, 2002 — According to a new study, the proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) lansoprazole and esomeprazole are highly effective in
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 08 – Surgery can be avoided in approximately half of patients with Crohn's disease-related abdominal abscesses that are treated by
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters Health) Mar 06 -Indiscriminate use of antibiotics to fight Helicobacter pylori is encouraging the continued spread of drug-resistant strains, according to a
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 05 – Leaving an antral segment of 2.5 cm during pylorus-preserving gastrectomy (PPG) is associated with better postoperative outcomes than
Proton pump inhibitors are superior to placebo for the prevention of NSAID-induced gastric ulcers but are not superior to misoprostol, 800µg/day. This was the conclusion
LONDON (Reuters) Mar 01 – Deaths due to colon cancer in Britain have dropped to a 10-year-old low thanks to greater awareness of the disease,
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 01 – Annual endoscopic surveillance of patients with atrophic gastritis or intestinal metaplasia detects new tumors at an early stage,
02/06/2002 By Robert Short Proton pump inhibitors are superior to placebo for the prevention of NSAID-induced gastric ulcers but are not superior to misoprostol, 800µg/day.
TEANECK, NJ and TITUSVILLE, NJ — February 15, 2002 — Eisai Inc. and Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Feb 21 – Circulating tumor cells are detectable in most untreated colorectal cancer patients, but clear frequently after excision of node-negative
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Feb 20 – A study in the February 11th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that an anesthesiologist acquired
By Karla Gale BOSTON (Reuters Health) – Examination of an isolated population for protective genes that might explain their freedom from age-related hypertension, led instead
By Richard Woodman LONDON (Reuters Health) – Most patients prescribed orlistat (Xenical; Roche) fail to lose enough weight to quality for continued therapy in Britain,
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study in the February 11th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that an anesthesiologist acquired hepatitis C