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Bacteria living inside the nose linked to type, severity of cold symptoms

In news with several layers of weird, researchers have determined that the mix of bacteria that live inside your nose - yes, there are organisms living inside your nose - correlates with the type and severity of cold symptoms you develop.

27 Sep 2018

Protective gel sphere may offer probiotics a safer route to the intestines

The small intestine is a hotbed of microbial activity and a target of probiotic treatments for diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, among other conditions.

26 Sep 2018

New approach for bone marrow transplant could make it safer and more effective for patients

Two recent studies in the journal Leukemia present a new approach for bone marrow donation and transplant that preclinical laboratory tests suggest could make the life-saving procedure safer and more effective for patients.

26 Sep 2018

Increased physical activity associated with improvement in IBS symptoms

Increased physical activity is now being emphasized as a treatment option for the gastric intestinal disease known as IBS. Research at Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden, indicates improvements in both intestinal function and self-esteem of patients who exercise more.

25 Sep 2018

UC Davis researchers take critical step in developing more effective Salmonella vaccine

UC Davis researchers announce in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week a breakthrough in understanding which cells afford optimal protection against Salmonella infection--a critical step in developing a more effective and safe vaccine against a bacterium that annually kills an estimated one million people worldwide.

25 Sep 2018

Lung cancer patients treated with invasive surgery more likely to become chronic opioid users

Patients treated with more-invasive surgical techniques for a type of early-stage lung cancer are more likely to become chronic opioid users than patients treated with minimally invasive surgery, highlighting the need for additional research into how pain management after surgery might be a contributing factor to the opioid addiction crisis, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology in September.

24 Sep 2018

AGA partners with ESNM for 2019 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

The American Gastroenterological Association is proud to partner with the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility for the 8th annual Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit.

24 Sep 2018

CHMP adopts positive opinion of Takeda’s ALUNBRIG for treatment of ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion, recommending the full approval of ALUNBRIG® as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer previously treated with crizotinib.

24 Sep 2018

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

One man's trash is another man's treasure, as the saying goes. If things go to plan, feces from registered and thoroughly tested healthy donors will in a few years be the standard treatment for the bacterium Clostridium difficile at Danish hospitals.

21 Sep 2018

Study offers solid link between visceral organs and brain’s reward, motivation system

A novel gut-to-brain neural circuit establishes the vagus nerve as an essential component of the brain system that regulates reward and motivation, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published September 20 in the journal Cell.

21 Sep 2018

Finding epigenetic signature appears to predict inflammation risk in serious type of IBD

With an estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. dealing with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), physicians can have a hard time telling which newly diagnosed patients have a high risk of severe inflammation or what therapies will be most effective.

20 Sep 2018

Study: Infants using popular anti-reflux medicines are not at increased risk of lung infections

New University of Otago research shows infants using popular anti-reflux medicines like omeprazole are not at increased risk of pneumonia or other lower respiratory tract infections, contrary to findings from other international studies.

19 Sep 2018

Young children's oral microbiota could serve as early indicator for obesity

Weight gain trajectories in early childhood are related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children, suggesting that this understudied aspect of a child's microbiota -- the collection of microorganisms, including beneficial bacteria, residing in the mouth -- could serve as an early indicator for childhood obesity.

19 Sep 2018

First gut bacteria in newborns may have lasting effect on ability to ward off chronic diseases

New research showing that the first bacteria introduced into the gut have a lasting impact may one day allow science to adjust microbiomes--the one-of-a-kind microbial communities that live in our gastrointestinal tracts--to help ward off serious chronic diseases.

18 Sep 2018

Microbiota in the intestines and cell stress cause colon cancer

"With our study we originally wanted to study the role of bacteria in the intestines in the development of intestinal inflammation," explains Professor Dirk Haller from the Department of Nutrition and Immunology at the Weihenstephan Science Centre of the TUM.

18 Sep 2018

Chinese and German researchers to cooperate more closely in future for better food

Working together for better food: Chinese and German researchers want to cooperate more closely in the future.

18 Sep 2018

Study: Women exposed to trauma in their lives gave birth to underweight male infants

In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found significantly lower birth weights in male infants--an average decrease of 38 grams, or approximately 1.3 ounces--born to women who had been exposed to trauma at some point in their lives and who secreted higher levels of cortisol, a hormone related to stress, in late pregnancy.

18 Sep 2018

Household disinfectants could contribute to obesity risk in children

Canadian researchers have shown that commonly used household cleaning products could be making children overweight by causing changes in their gut microflora.

17 Sep 2018

Common household cleaners could make children overweight by changing gut microbiota

Commonly used household cleaners could be making children overweight by altering their gut microbiota, suggests a Canadian study published in CMAJ.

17 Sep 2018

New program combines basic science and social benefits to address HIV risk among young women

A program established by investigators from the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard is addressing the persistently elevated risk of HIV infection among young women in South Africa from two angles - first, investigating biological factors that modulate infection risk along with the early immunologic events following viral exposure, and second, alleviating the socioeconomic factors that limit opportunities for young women, the group at greatest risk of infection in the region of the world hardest hit by the HIV epidemic.

17 Sep 2018

Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Latest Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Bacteria living inside the nose linked to type, severity of cold symptoms

Protective gel sphere may offer probiotics a safer route to the intestines

New approach for bone marrow transplant could make it safer and more effective for patients

Increased physical activity associated with improvement in IBS symptoms

UC Davis researchers take critical step in developing more effective Salmonella vaccine

Lung cancer patients treated with invasive surgery more likely to become chronic opioid users

AGA partners with ESNM for 2019 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

CHMP adopts positive opinion of Takeda’s ALUNBRIG for treatment of ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

Study offers solid link between visceral organs and brain’s reward, motivation system

Finding epigenetic signature appears to predict inflammation risk in serious type of IBD

Study: Infants using popular anti-reflux medicines are not at increased risk of lung infections

Young children's oral microbiota could serve as early indicator for obesity

First gut bacteria in newborns may have lasting effect on ability to ward off chronic diseases

Microbiota in the intestines and cell stress cause colon cancer

Chinese and German researchers to cooperate more closely in future for better food

Study: Women exposed to trauma in their lives gave birth to underweight male infants

Household disinfectants could contribute to obesity risk in children

Common household cleaners could make children overweight by changing gut microbiota

New program combines basic science and social benefits to address HIV risk among young women

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