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Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine where the digestive system and its disorders are studied.

Takeda resubmits alogliptin and fixed-dose combination therapy NDA to FDA

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced today that Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., resubmitted two New Drug Applications to the United States Food and Drug Administration for alogliptin and the fixed-dose combination therapy alogliptin/pioglitazone, which combines alogliptin with pioglitazone in a single tablet.

26 Jul 2011

Salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican papayas

Mexican-grown papayas are being recalled after concerns that they may have led to a salmonella outbreak involving 97 people in 23 states. Agromod Produce announced Saturday that it is recalling papayas sold before July 23, which comes in four brands: Blondie, Mañanita, Tastylicious and Yaya.

25 Jul 2011

Intravenous fluids appear to lower severity of kidney failure in children with E. coli infection

Infection with E. coli bacteria can wreak havoc in children, leading to bloody diarrhea, fever and kidney failure. But giving children intravenous fluids early in the course of an E. coli O157:H7 infection appears to lower the odds of developing severe kidney failure, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions.

25 Jul 2011

U.S. News ranks Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center among top five American hospitals

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center ranks among the top five American hospitals, according to a U.S. News & World Report survey that reviewed patient-outcomes data, reputation among physicians and other care-related factors. The medical center also was rated the best hospital in the western United States for the 22nd consecutive year and the No. 1 hospital in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

22 Jul 2011

Enrollment begins in Repligen's RG1068 pilot study to improve detection, staging of pancreatic cancer

Repligen Corporation today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a pilot study to evaluate the ability of RG1068 to improve detection and characterization of pancreatic cancer in combination with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography.

22 Jul 2011

GIDAC recommends FDA approval of Janssen's REMICADE for treatment of pediatric UC

Janssen Biotech, Inc., formerly Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc., announced today that the Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended the approval of REMICADE for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis in pediatric patients who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy.

22 Jul 2011

U.S. News recognizes HUMC among top 50 hospitals nationally in three specialties

Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) has been ranked among the top 50 hospitals nationally in three specialties – Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, and Geriatrics – in U.S. News Media & World Report's 2011-12 Best Hospitals rankings.

22 Jul 2011

French scientists publish paper on guidelines for drinking and relation of alcohol to cancer

A group of French scientists have published a paper in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) on guidelines for drinking and the relation of alcohol to cancer.

21 Jul 2011

U.S. News ranks University of Texas MD Anderson as leading hospital for cancer care

For the fifth straight year, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is the leading hospital in the nation for cancer care, according to the "Best Hospitals" survey published annually by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

21 Jul 2011

U.S. News ranks UC San Diego Health System among America's Best Hospitals for 2011-2012

UC San Diego Health System ranks #1 among San Diego's adult hospitals and among "America's Best Hospitals" according to U.S. News & World Report's "2011 - 2012 Best Hospitals" issue online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals and available on newsstands August 30.

21 Jul 2011

U.S. News ranks Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center among top five American hospitals

20 Jul 2011

U.S. News ranks NewYork-Presbyterian as sixth best hospital in the nation

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks #1 in New York and among the top six in the U.S. out of the nearly 5,000 hospitals evaluated by U.S. News Media & World Report for their 2011-12 Best Hospitals rankings.

20 Jul 2011

U.S. News ranks Mount Sinai Medical Center among America's Best Hospitals for 2011-2012

Mount Sinai Medical Center is among the nation's top hospitals for the fifth year in a row according to U.S. News & World Report's 2011-2012 Best Hospitals. Mount Sinai was the only hospital in South Florida to receive a prestigious national ranking in geriatric care and one of only three hospitals in South Florida to rank on a national level.

20 Jul 2011

U.S. News & World Report ranks UT Southwestern as best hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth region

For the second year in a row, UT Southwestern Medical Center is the top-ranked hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of the nation's best hospitals.

19 Jul 2011

WHO releases 2011 global status report on alcohol and health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its global status report on alcohol and health for 2011. Forum members largely agree with the discussion in the report of the serious health and societal problems associated with the misuse of alcohol, which contributes to accidents, many diseases, and premature deaths.

13 Jul 2011

Enrollment commences in Exact Sciences' colorectal cancer screening trial

Exact Sciences today announced the initiation of the pivotal trial for the company's multi-marker molecular diagnostic screening test for the early detection of colorectal cancer.

13 Jul 2011

AJMS summarizes developments related to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a common and severe lung disease of unknown cause and with no proven therapies. But researchers are pushing forward in investigating new clues to the development and effective treatment of IPF, according to a special symposium presented in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (AJMS), official journal of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI).

8 Jul 2011

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Takeda resubmits alogliptin and fixed-dose combination therapy NDA to FDA

Salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican papayas

Intravenous fluids appear to lower severity of kidney failure in children with E. coli infection

U.S. News ranks Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center among top five American hospitals

Enrollment begins in Repligen's RG1068 pilot study to improve detection, staging of pancreatic cancer

GIDAC recommends FDA approval of Janssen's REMICADE for treatment of pediatric UC

U.S. News recognizes HUMC among top 50 hospitals nationally in three specialties

French scientists publish paper on guidelines for drinking and relation of alcohol to cancer

U.S. News ranks University of Texas MD Anderson as leading hospital for cancer care

U.S. News ranks UC San Diego Health System among America's Best Hospitals for 2011-2012

U.S. News ranks Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center among top five American hospitals

U.S. News ranks NewYork-Presbyterian as sixth best hospital in the nation

U.S. News ranks Mount Sinai Medical Center among America's Best Hospitals for 2011-2012

U.S. News & World Report ranks UT Southwestern as best hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth region

WHO releases 2011 global status report on alcohol and health

Enrollment commences in Exact Sciences' colorectal cancer screening trial

AJMS summarizes developments related to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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