MATTU Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Symposium
Minimally invase appraoches to oesophagal and gastric cancer (Source: NLH – Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases – Events) Go to Source… Continue reading
Minimally invase appraoches to oesophagal and gastric cancer (Source: NLH – Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases – Events) Go to Source… Continue reading
A surgeon at Children’s National Medical Center and his colleagues from New York University have found laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Lap band) to improve the health of morbidly obese adolescents. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, involved nearly 50 girls and boys ages 14-17. The participants showed significant decreases in total and android fat mass 2 years after surgery. (Source: GastroIntestinal News From Medical News Today) Go to Source… Continue reading
Authors: Malekzadeh R, Derakhshan MH, Malekzadeh Z
Although the global incidence of gastric cancer has been decreased dramatically in recent decades, it is the most common cancer in north and northwest Iran. The wide variation in incidence across different geographical areas and higher proportion of cardia cancer are two main characteristics of gastric cancer in Iran. Current investigations indicate that a high prevalence of H.pylori infection, high dietary intake of salt and smoking are the main environmental factors of gastric cancer in Iran. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is another contributing factor in populations with a higher incidence of gastric cardia cancer… Continue reading
This study therefore sought to assess longitudinal changes in indices of cardiac autonomic control following two types of bariatric procedure, laparascopic gastric banding (LGB) and biliopancreatic diversion (BPD).Methods: Eleven morbidly obese subjects aged 47.8±7.9years (mean±SD) with BMI 48.2±6.9kg·m-2 underwent weight-reduction surgery: five received BPD and six received LGB. Holter ECG was recorded and HRV was quantified together with a QT variability index (QTVI), a complexity index (SampEn), and a fractal (scaling) index (DFAα). Repeated measures ANOVA compared the indices for the two groups as a function of time (1, 6 and 12months follow-up).Results: BMI was reduced by up to 24%… Continue reading
Authors: El-Salhy M
Ghrelin is a peptide hormone, which has been isolated from the stomach. It is localized mostly in endocrine cells in the oxyntic mucosa of the stomach. Ghrelin receptors are expressed equally in all parts of the gastrointestinal tract, with a similar level of expression in the mucosal and muscle layers. This peptide hormone has several functions, the most widely known is its growth hormone (GH)-releasing effect. Ghrelin plays an important role in regulating appetite, feeding and energy metabolism. It also plays a role in mediating immune response and inflammatory processes. Ghrelin stimulates gastric motility and emptying as… Continue reading
Conclusion: Helicobacter hepaticus may closely associate with diseases of the liver and biliary tract in humans. (Source: Helicobacter) Go to Source… Continue reading
Conclusion: In this selective population with very high risk of developing gastric cancer, H. pylori eradication should be considered for reimbursement with priority to prevent subsequent cancer and also reduce health care cost. (Source: Helicobacter) Go to Source… Continue reading
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a standard strategy for detecting disease susceptibility genes, despite unsettled controversies on many aspects, including optimal study design and statistical analysis. As for study design, a two-stage design has been applied to maximize cost-effectiveness. However, there has been little consensus on appropriate statistical analysis for two-stage design. Thereby perplexing the researchers as to which statistical measures should be applied at the first stage, and how to determine the significance level of the differences at the second stage. Here, using simulation studies, we compared statistical operating characteristics of the screening in a two-stage GWAS by… Continue reading
Electrical acupuncture of lower limb ST36 point reportedly facilitates gastric activity in healthy subjects. We studied the effect of this stimulation on butylscopolamine-induced inhibition of gastric motility in healthy subjects. Physiological post-prandial gastric activity was observed for 30 min after food ingestion (Ensure liquid(tm), 1.5 ml/kg of body weight (BW) and water, 1.5 ml/kg BW) with continuous ultrasonographic recordings (B-mode, 5 MHz convex probe) of the gastric antrum and external electrogastrography (EGG) for 40 min in 10 healthy subjects (control group). Butylscopolamine (4 μg/kg BW) was administered subcutaneously to eight subjects 15 min after food ingestion (group A). The same protocol was repeated at a week’s interval… Continue reading
To clarify the effects of electro-acupuncture to the hindpaw on menopausal distress, we studied electrocardiography (ECG) recordings for heart rate variability (HRV) analysis and gastric emptying, in ovariectomized conscious rats. Four weeks after ovariectomy, ECG was recorded in 13- and 14-week-old rats for analysis of the heart rate variability. Gastric emptying was measured five weeks after ovariectomy. Electro-acupuncture was done by stimulating bilaterally the ST-36 point once a week from four weeks after ovariectomy. After ovariectomy we detected both a decrease of the heart rate and a decrease of the LF/HF component. Moreover, electro-acupuncture decreased the LF normalized unit (LFnu)… Continue reading
Fast-growing spending on imaging tests in Massachusetts gives a closeup view to the many-sided question of whether improved technology is really worth the extra cost.
The facts, as laid out by the Boston Globe this morning: Spending on MRIs, mammograms, and other imaging tests for privately insured Massachusetts residents jumped 20%, or $214 million, between 2006 and 2008, according to consultants hired by the state. Doctors ordering more tests was one reason for the added spending.
Digital mammography was another prime driver as some insurers pay more for these breast-screening tests and hospitals have invested upward of $400,000 for such new machines… Continue reading
Fast-growing spending on imaging tests in Massachusetts gives a closeup view to the many-sided question of whether improved technology is really worth the extra cost.
The facts, as laid out by the Boston Globe this morning: Spending on MRIs, mammograms, and other imaging tests for privately insured Massachusetts residents jumped 20%, or $214 million, between 2006 and 2008, according to consultants hired by the state. Doctors ordering more tests was one reason for the added spending.
Digital mammography was another prime driver as some insurers pay more for these breast-screening tests and hospitals have invested upward of $400,000 for such new machines… Continue reading
Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson’s disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. A new study published in the March 10, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, shows that smoking for a greater number of years may reduce the risk of the disease, but smoking a larger number of cigarettes per day may not reduce the risk.
“These results could guide the development of studies on various tobacco components with animal models to help understand the relationship between smoking and… Continue reading
Getting children involved in finding ways to become more physically active can not only make them more aware of local recreational opportunities, but can even help increase their own physical activity.
That’s the result of a study examining the role of seven national parks in contributing to the health of today’s youth. The study was conducted by researchers from a variety of disciplines at North Carolina State University and other U.S. universities and funded by the National Park Service.
The researchers developed pilot programs aimed at increasing the awareness of health benefits from participating in recreational activities at national parks and increasing… Continue reading
Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. A new study shows that it’s how many years of smoking a person has under their belt—rather than how much they smoke every day—that matters.
“Smoking is bad for you and no one should advocate smoking just for prevention of Parkinson’s,” Dr. Honglei Chen of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, one of the study’s authors, emphasized in comments to Reuters Health. But the findings could help researchers who are trying to figure out the underlying cause of the disease… Continue reading
People sensitive to the taste of fat tend to eat less of it and are less likely to be overweight, according to Australian research that found human tongues can detect fatty tastes.
Researchers at Deakin University, working with colleagues at the University of Adelaide among others, found that fat was the sixth taste people can identify in addition to the five others – sweet, sour, salty, bitter and protein-rich.
In a statement, Deakin researcher Russell Keast said the findings build on previous research in the United States that used animal models to discover the taste for fat. Go to Source… Continue reading
An experimental thyroid drug reduces cholesterol without the troublesome side effects experienced by some people on statins, according to a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. An international team of investigators at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, the Karolinska University Hospital and Institute, and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research tested a substance called Eprotirome in patients with high cholesterol.
Following 189 people with high cholesterol over a three-month period, they observed that it lowered cholesterol levels without the classic thyroid risks to the heart and bone, The study was supported by Karo Bio in Sweden, a company… Continue reading
Ah, school cafeteria lunches. …
They might have pleasant memories for you, of peeling back the silver foil and taking a whiff of that sweet-smelling warm hamburger bun (or maybe a whiff of those “Li’l Smokies” – remember those?).
But school lunches – and their degradation into unhealthy fat- and sugar-powerhouses for our kids – were part of the topic First Lady Michelle Obama addressed in her keynote speech to the National PTA at the annual PTA conference in Washington, D.C., yesterday.
Improving school lunches is one element of a four-pronged approach the First Lady is launching in her new “Let’s Move!” campaign… Continue reading
