Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients Not More Likely To Get Colon Cancer

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies, according to new research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. “Patients and doctors get nervous about the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),” says William D. Chey, M.D., professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. “They think the symptoms represent something more sinister…

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enGene Inc. To Present Research Data On EG-10 For Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

enGene Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company, announced that Dr. Eric Hsu, Sr. Director of Preclinical Research, is scheduled to present recent data on the use of enGene’s proprietary technology to concentrate delivery of interleukin-10 (IL-10) to the colon for treating IBD at the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) annual scientific conference in Toronto. Selected as a “Poster of Distinction”, Dr…

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Clinical Trial Launched To Test New Treatment Technique For Bowel Cancer

Cancer Research UK this week launches a new trial for patients with bowel cancer that has spread to the liver to see whether a new radiotherapy treatment technique is more effective than standard chemotherapy. Researchers at trial centres across the UK and coordinated at Oxford University will test a new treatment called Radio-embolisation, a form of internal radiotherapy that uses the tumour’s blood supply to target multiple sites of disease within the liver…

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Behavioral Health Registry For Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease To Be Created With NIH Grant

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a two-year development grant to researchers with Hasbro Children’s Hospital and the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center to better understand the role behavioral health plays in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a condition that causes chronic and painful inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract…

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Tioga Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Raises $18 Million To Fund Phase 3 Clinical Trial In Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Tioga Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the closing of an $18 million equity financing. Current investors Forward Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners and BB Biotech Ventures were joined by new investor Genesys Capital Partners. The proceeds will be used to fund a Phase 3 clinical trial for asimadoline for the treatment of patients with diarrhea predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (D-IBS). The trial, one of two registration trials required for approval in the United States, is a 600-subject randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-dose clinical trial in D-IBS patients…

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New Guideline Identifies Major Risk Factors In The Development Of Colorectal Cancer In Children And Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Certain patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease of the colon, have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer compared to individuals without IBD. A number of factors contribute to the increase in risk, which necessitates an individualized and sensible approach to surveillance in patients, according to a new medical position statement and technical review published by the American Gastroenterological Association in its official journal, Gastroenterology…

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Cancer-busting fat found in soy

A FATTY ingredient in soy may explain its ability to combat bowel cancer, research suggests. Scientists believe soy’s cancer-fighting secret is molecules called sphingadie (Source: Scotsman.com News – Health) Go to Source… Continue reading

Constipation in Children Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment,

Constipation occurs commonly in children, affecting up to 10% at any given time. Still, only 3% of parents actually seek advice from the doctor for this condition. Constipation describes the infrequent passage of stools (bowel movements) or the passage of hard stools. Any definition of constipation depends upon comparison to how often the child normally passes stools and to the normal consistency of his or her stools.

Many children normally pass stools as far apart as every few days. Regardless, you should treat hard stools that are difficult to pass and those that happen only every three days as… Continue reading

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Does Not Respond To St. John’s Wort

A Mayo Clinic research study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology finds that St. John’s wort is not an effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). While antidepressants are frequently used to treat IBS, to date, no study has examined the success of using the herbal supplement St. John’s wort in treating IBS. “Our study investigated if herbal antidepressants such as St. John’s wort could benefit irritable bowel disease patients,” says Yuri Saito, M.D., M.P.H., gastroenterologist and lead physician scientist on the study…

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‘Junk DNA’ Could Spotlight Breast And Bowel Cancer

Cancer Research UK funded scientists have found that a group of rogue genetic messengers, produced by DNA sequences commonly known as ‘junk DNA’, could help diagnose breast and bowel cancer. Their research is published in the journal Genomics. The researchers, led by Dr Cristina Tufarelli at the University of Nottingham, discovered that seven of these faulty genetic messengers – known as chimeric transcripts – are more common in breast cancer cells. Five were only present in breast cancer cells while two were found in both normal and breast cancer cells…

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