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Antihypertensives may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer

Common blood-pressure drugs may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer, a new study suggests.

19 Aug 2021

Novel method shortens length of hospital stay for cancer patients

Cancer patients have a reduced length of hospital stay following a novel approach to improve their fitness for surgery.

19 Aug 2021

UT Health San Antonio professors urge uplifting US Latinos from obscurity to the forefront of health care

It is essential to lift the nation's Latino population from obscurity to the forefront of health care, public health intervention and societal presence, three professors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio argue in a powerful commentary published Aug. 17 by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

19 Aug 2021

Study: Minority groups remain conspicuously absent from pancreatic cancer clinical trials

According to a study published today in Gastroenterology by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and University of Florida Health, Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and Asian Americans remain conspicuously absent from pancreatic cancer clinical trials aimed at testing the most recent treatment advances for this deadly disease.

17 Aug 2021

Dysregulation of innate lymphoid cells drives colon cancer progression and immunotherapy resistance

An immune cell subset called innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) protects against colorectal cancer, in part by helping to maintain a healthy dialogue between the immune system and gut microbes, according to a new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. The finding opens the door to new strategies for treating this type of cancer.

17 Aug 2021

Vitamin D intake associated with lower risk of developing young-onset colorectal cancer

Consuming higher amounts of Vitamin D – mainly from dietary sources – may help protect against developing young-onset colorectal cancer or precancerous colon polyps, according to the first study to show such an association.

17 Aug 2021

New evidence-based approach to defining high-quality carbohydrate foods

For decades, people have often associated higher intakes of carbohydrate-containing foods with less healthy lifestyles.

16 Aug 2021

NIH scientists develop new sample preparation method to detect SARS-CoV-2

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new sample preparation method to detect SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

16 Aug 2021

Clinical discussions on diet-associated NAFLD and COVID-19 mortality risk among PPI users

The August issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes clinical discussions of diet-associated NAFLD risk and increased risk of mortality from COVID-19 among PPI users.

16 Aug 2021

Scientists document person-to-person transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pneumonic plague

Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague – the deadly disease that killed tens of millions of people during the infamous Black Death in the 14th century.

13 Aug 2021

Understanding hypoxia-induced gene expression variations in aggressive type of pancreatic cancer

Cancer cells have evolved a myriad of mechanisms that support their uncontrolled growth. In case of solid tissue tumors, the tumor microenvironment, which consists of extracellular components and conditions surrounding the tumor, is crucial in deciding the fate of the cancer cells.

11 Aug 2021

UC San Diego’s wastewater surveillance system enables early detection of most COVID-19 cases

People infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are known to shed it in their stool, even if they aren't experiencing any symptoms.

11 Aug 2021

Enzyme pre-treatment yields a highly precise picture of skin bacteria

Healthy skin has a bacterial shield to protect against germs: the microbiome. This complex assembly of microorganisms was previously believed to be difficult to decipher.

10 Aug 2021

Mount Sinai awarded more than $4 million to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million by the National Cancer Institute for a large-scale study to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women who have been previously diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

10 Aug 2021

Antibiotic resistance found in the gut microbiome of lemurs living close to humans

Antibiotic resistance, which the CDC calls one of the world's most urgent public health crises, is now being found in the guts of lemurs, our distant primate cousins.

9 Aug 2021

Research introduces novel approach to reverse brain aging via gut microbes

Research from APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork published today in the leading international scientific journal Nature Aging introduces a novel approach to reverse aspects of aging-related deterioration in the brain and cognitive function via the microbes in the gut.

9 Aug 2021

New tabletop device can quickly detect SARS-CoV-2 from saliva samples

Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a small tabletop device that can detect SARS-CoV-2 from a saliva sample in about an hour.

6 Aug 2021

New CRISPR-based diagnostic test detects COVID-19 variants from saliva samples

With the Delta variant wreaking havoc on unvaccinated populations and COVID-19 cases spiking around the world, the pandemic is far from over.

6 Aug 2021

Mobile interventional stroke team travels to patients for providing faster access to surgical treatment

Stroke patients were almost twice as likely to be functionally independent - mobile and able to perform daily tasks - at 90 days post-stroke if they were treated by a specialized mobile stroke team that traveled to them to perform mechanical clot removal, compared to those who were transferred to a thrombectomy stroke center, according to research conducted within the Mount Sinai Health System and published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

5 Aug 2021

New DNA writing technique can precisely and efficiently edit bacterial genomes

Biological engineers at MIT have devised a new way to efficiently edit bacterial genomes and program memories into bacterial cells by rewriting their DNA.

5 Aug 2021

Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Latest Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Antihypertensives may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer

Novel method shortens length of hospital stay for cancer patients

UT Health San Antonio professors urge uplifting US Latinos from obscurity to the forefront of health care

Study: Minority groups remain conspicuously absent from pancreatic cancer clinical trials

Dysregulation of innate lymphoid cells drives colon cancer progression and immunotherapy resistance

Vitamin D intake associated with lower risk of developing young-onset colorectal cancer

New evidence-based approach to defining high-quality carbohydrate foods

NIH scientists develop new sample preparation method to detect SARS-CoV-2

Clinical discussions on diet-associated NAFLD and COVID-19 mortality risk among PPI users

Scientists document person-to-person transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pneumonic plague

Understanding hypoxia-induced gene expression variations in aggressive type of pancreatic cancer

UC San Diego’s wastewater surveillance system enables early detection of most COVID-19 cases

Enzyme pre-treatment yields a highly precise picture of skin bacteria

Mount Sinai awarded more than $4 million to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women

Antibiotic resistance found in the gut microbiome of lemurs living close to humans

Research introduces novel approach to reverse brain aging via gut microbes

New tabletop device can quickly detect SARS-CoV-2 from saliva samples

New CRISPR-based diagnostic test detects COVID-19 variants from saliva samples

Mobile interventional stroke team travels to patients for providing faster access to surgical treatment

New DNA writing technique can precisely and efficiently edit bacterial genomes

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