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PillCam Used to Diagnose Crohn Disease

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2008-07-15 08:06:36 by Michael in Medgadget
...ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn disease (CD). A retrospective cohort study of pedi patients published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition has identified that capsule endoscopy can be a useful diagnostic modality in identifying the exact type of inflammatory bowel disease. The study used Given Imaging 's PillCam...
 
Tags: disease, inflammatory bowel disease, bowel disease, crohn disease, jejunal disease, crohn, bowel, ulcerative colitis, ulcerative
 
 
 
 
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Utilizing Evolutionary Mechanisms of Human-Bacterial Symbiosis

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2008-05-28 18:32:11 by Michael in Medgadget
...ulcerative colitis. However, when the animals were co-colonized with B. fragilis, they were protected from the disease--as were animals that were given oral doses of just the PSA molecule In particular, Mazmanian and his colleagues found that PSA induced particular immune-system cells called CD4+ T cells to produce interleukin-10 (IL-10), a...
 
Tags: acute disease, disease, disease results, inflammatory bowel disease, beneficial bacteria, beneficial, symbiotic gut bacteria, bacteria, gut
 
 
 
 
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GearWeird: Tour the Colossal Colon at the Indiana State Fair through August 17

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2008-08-09 13:47:17 by Wayne Schulz in Gear Diary
...ulcerative colitis, hemorrhoids, cancerous and non-cancerous polyps, and various stages of colon cancer Tour the Colossal Colon on exhibit at the Indiana State Fairs Clarian Healthy Lifestyle Pavillion from August 6 to 17, 2008. Id recommend skipping the deep fried Twinkies that day. As a matter of fact Im guessing you wont want any lunch for...
 
Tags: colon, colossal colon, human colon, cancer, colorectal cancer, colon cancer, tour, crawl, crawl-through model
 
 
 
 
 
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