Showing posts with label GASTROENTEROLOGY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GASTROENTEROLOGY. Show all posts

Friday, August 28, 2015

Comparative effectiveness and tolerance of treatments for H pylori


This network meta-analysis compares different eradication treatments forHelicobacter pylori.This showed that concomitant treatments, 10 or 14 days of probiotic supplemented triple treatment, levofloxacin based triple treatment, hybrid treatment and sequential treatment might be most effective for eradicating H pylori.

Monday, August 17, 2015

Helicobacter Pylori May Be Common In Patients With COPD

The Daily Mail (UK) (8/16) reported that “the bacteria helicobacter pylori” may “be common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).” Research has “found that levels of the bacteria are up to three times higher in people with COPD, and one theory is that infection in childhood may affect the growth of the lungs, making them more vulnerable to disease.”

Friday, June 26, 2015

Blood Test May Be Used To Detect Pancreatic Cancer In Its Early Stages


On NBC Nightly News (6/24, story 8, 1:35, Holt), NBC’s Anne Thompson reported that “a study in the journal Nature says a blood test may be the answer to identifying” pancreatic cancer “in its early stages.”
        The Houston Chronicle (6/25, Hawryluk) reports that researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center “found that the presence of” a particular “protein could distinguish with 100 percent accuracy whether patients had early stage pancreatic cancer or chronic pancreatitis, a major risk factor for the cancer.” The study indicated that “levels of the protein were markedly lower after surgical removal of a patient’s tumors.”
        On its website, NBC News (6/25, Carroll) reports that the “protein turns up in tiny virus-sized particles, called exosomes, which are excreted by all of the body’s cell.” This protein, however, “turns up in exosomes only when there is cancer, so its presence could be an early, and testable, marker for the disease.”
        The Los Angeles Times (6/25, Healy) “Science Now” blog reports that “the finding ‘offers the possibility for early detection of pancreatic cancer and help in designing potential curative surgical options,’ the authors...wrote.” HealthDay (6/25, Norton) also covers the story.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

GASTROENTEROLOGY SURGERY


Esophagus, Stomach, Small Bowel, and Colon
Antireflux Surgery - PTabrizian


Liver and Biliary System
Cholangiocarcinoma - RWellner


Pancreas and Spleen
Pacreatic Pseudocysts - KSherAfgan


GASTROENTEROLOGY- LIVER DISORDERS

Laparoscopic Surgery                                                                                     
 Anaesthesia for laparoscopy
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