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Long-Term PPI Use Linked to Bone Fracture

  2008-08-15 05:11:04

A study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, nearly double the risk ...   read more

LX1031 Moves Up in the World

  2008-08-05 19:38:10

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is moving its drug LX1031 into Phase 2 testing. LX1031, an oral drug for treating the symptoms ...   read more

New Study Links Antidepressants and Ulcer Bleeding

  2008-08-01 18:58:33

Antidepressant medications increase one’s risk of ulcer bleeding by a small margin. A new study published in the Archives ...   read more

Grant Awarded for Celiac Disease Research

  2008-07-03 20:30:26

Many American suffer from celiac disease, a disorder that is triggered by eating gluten. Celiac disease prevents the intestine ...   read more

Anxiety: Catalyst for Chronic Health Issues

  2008-07-03 20:26:38

The Harvard Women’s Health Watch published a study in July describes the effect of anxiety on people with several ...   read more

Is there a difference between abdominal distention and bloating?

  2008-06-20 18:47:06

Usually we consider these terms to be the same, but in fact bloating refers to the sensation of abdominal ...   read more

Successful Clinical Trial for Chronic Constipation

  2008-05-29 04:33:25

Linaclotide, a drug being studied at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has been showed to greatly improve ...   read more

DDW 2008 News—IBS as Generalized Hypersensitivity to Pain Stimuli

  2008-05-29 04:24:13

Contrary to prior studies, subjects with IBS do have generalized hypersensitivity to pain stimuli. This was particularly true when ...   read more

DDW 2008 News—Child’s Play: Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Contributes to IBS in Children

  2008-05-29 04:22:38

In this groundbreaking study, researchers demonstrated that bacterial overgrowth is prevalent in childeren with IBS. Researchers studied a group ...   read more

DDW 2008 News—Why Does IBS Prefer Women?

  2008-05-29 04:21:58

This study, which examined the relationship of female sex hormones to IBS, used rats as subjects. Head researcher Dr. ...   read more

Lubiprostone Shows Efficacy in Treating IBS

  2008-05-29 04:20:59

Dr. William Chey and researchers at the University of Michigan reported at the 2008 DDW conference that the drug ...   read more

Digestive Disease Week Highlights

  2008-05-29 04:20:49

The news articles that begin with DDW 2008 News are summaries of the most current research that was presented ...   read more

Antidepressants for Those Without Depression?

  2008-05-13 05:16:27

A recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics shows the antidepressant drug amytriptyline to be effective at reducing ...   read more

IBS Onset Study Reveals Patterns

  2008-05-06 13:23:06

A study recently published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology is one of the few that attempts to explain ...   read more

New Med for Chronic Constipation Passes the Test

  2008-03-28 06:22:15

Linaclotide, a new drug for chronic constipation, has successfully moved into phrase 3 testing (large patient population studies), according ...   read more

Can diet really affect your inflammation?!

  2008-02-26 20:33:42

Inflammation can be defined as the body’s response to injury. The author of this article claims that many things ...   read more

In Search of the Missing Link: IBS and Allergies

  2008-02-02 13:18:39

This study examines the possible link between allergy problems and IBS. The researchers distributed questionnaires to patients seen in ...   read more

Talk Therapy Soothes Tummies

  2008-01-26 13:19:27

According to a recent review of six studies, talk therapy can be effective in helping children who suffer from ...   read more

In Search of the Probiotic Effect

  2008-01-20 12:05:48

The effect of probiotics on the human digestive system is a controversial topic, and a new study in the ...   read more

Is Abdominal Surgery Another Way to Get IBS?

  2008-01-16 14:24:26

In a study published in the January issue of the journal Gastroenterology, a group of researchers showed that almost ...   read more

Abdominal Hypersensitivity and Pain Response in Women with IBS

  2008-01-11 05:52:34

A new study by the University of California, Los Angeles, shows that the brains of women with IBS function ...   read more

Gender-Linked Abdominal Pain Among Adolescents

  2008-01-05 08:14:40

A recent study conducted in Scotland found that gender is a potential factor in stomachaches in young teenagers; girls ...   read more

Is IBS related to intestinal bacteria?

  2007-11-20 21:09:54

We live in the world full of bacteria and a world full of bacteria lives within us. Why? Because, ...   read more

Enhanced Immune System in Patients with IBS

  2007-10-10 12:35:21

In a study from Australia, researchers showed that the white blood cells of subjects with IBS would release more ...   read more

Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome an Infectious Disease?

  2007-10-10 12:34:49

A study from US showed for the first time that stomach biopsy may be a good method to find ...   read more


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