Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Latest Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Long-term study data shows DBS is effective for patients with treatment-resistant depression

A study published online on Friday, October 4, in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that deep brain stimulation (DBS) of an area in the brain called the subcallosal cingulate (SCC) provides a robust antidepressant effect that is sustained over a long period of time in patients with treatment-resistant depression--the most severely depressed patients who have not responded to other treatments.

4 Oct 2019

$28 million grant supports Cincinnati Children's role as coordinating center for Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network

The federal agency that oversees a large network of research centers seeking cures for hundreds of rare, disabling and often fatal diseases has named Cincinnati Children's as its new data management and coordinating center.

4 Oct 2019

Mount Sinai researchers discover how DNA polymerase delta duplicates the genome

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered how the enzyme DNA polymerase delta works to duplicate the genome that cells hand down from one generation to the next. In a study published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, the team also reported how certain mutations can modulate the activity of this enzyme, leading to cancers and other diseases.

3 Oct 2019

Innovative drug treatment developed for familial adenomatous polyposis

Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) have developed an innovative drug treatment for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a rare, inherited condition that affects adolescents and young adults and often leads to colorectal cancer.

3 Oct 2019

Strong microbiome in early life linked to fewer respiratory infections

Researchers have discovered that networking between bacterial within the body's microbiome may protect babies from respiratory infections.

3 Oct 2019

Diet low in fermented carbs improves quality of life for patients with IBD

A new study has found that the FODMAP diet can improve gut symptoms and quality of life among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in just one month.

3 Oct 2019

Gut bacterial profile can predict gut damage following radiotherapy

Rather like a physical fingerprint, the gut microbial pattern can be used to identify certain vulnerabilities in patients who are undergoing radiation therapy for prostate or gynecologic cancer, predicting which of them are most likely to suffer damage to the intestine.

3 Oct 2019

Chemical-sensing cells in the gums protect the mouth from infections

Newly discovered chemical-sensing cells in the gums protect the mouth by standing guard against infections that damage soft tissue and destroy the bone that supports the teeth, report researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Center in an animal study published this week in Nature Communications.

3 Oct 2019

Walmart to give workers financial incentives to use higher-quality doctors

Worried its employees aren't getting good enough care from doctors in their insurance networks, Walmart next year will test pointing workers in northwestern Arkansas, central Florida and the Dallas-Fort Worth area toward physicians it has found provide better service.

3 Oct 2019

Fewer than half of U.S. adults get annual flu shot, shows study

So far this calendar year, 1,243 people scattered around 31 states had confirmed measles, the highest number of measles cases reported in the U.S.

3 Oct 2019

The vulnerability to auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia may be established by infancy

Some people suffering from severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, hear "voices," known as auditory hallucinations.

3 Oct 2019

Optimism linked to lower risk of cardiac events and all-cause mortality

Having an optimistic mindset is linked to a lower risk of cardiac events and all-cause mortality, according to new research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

3 Oct 2019

Study: Gut bacteria play key role in childhood obesity

New information published by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Health suggests that gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells and metabolic organs, including fat tissue, play a key role in childhood obesity.

2 Oct 2019

Diet low in fermented carbohydrates improves health-related quality of life in IBD patients

New research from King's College London has found that a diet low in fermented carbohydrates has improved certain gut symptoms and improved health-related quality of life for sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

2 Oct 2019

Mount Sinai neuroscientist sheds light on how the brain stores memories across a lifetime

Denise Cai, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has always been interested in the dynamic nature of memory. But she began to question precisely how the brain can store and recall so many memories over a lifetime while playing a "memory match" card game with her young son.

1 Oct 2019

Older adults are not ready to fully embrace virtual health visits, poll finds

The technology is there. The funding is nearly there. The health providers are getting there.

1 Oct 2019

Gut microbiome changes with cooking of plant foods, says new study

UC San Francisco and Harvard have found that profound changes occur in the human gut microbiome depending on whether plant food is consumed raw or cooked.

1 Oct 2019

Research: Potentially harmful microbes overwhelm healthy gut microbiota in ICU patients

Potentially harmful microbes overwhelm the healthy gut microbiota in intensive care patients, research has found.

1 Oct 2019

Mount Sinai researchers receive NIH award to develop universal flu vaccine

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received a contract award of up to $132 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of a new Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs) program to further develop the universal flu vaccine.

1 Oct 2019

Infants with well-connected bacterial networks have fewer respiratory infections

Microscopic bacteria, which are present in all humans, cluster together and form communities in different parts of the body, such as the gut, lungs, nose and mouth.

1 Oct 2019