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Reason for large increase in hospitalizations of children with IBD unclear, researchers report

The largest investigation to date has found a dramatic increase in the number of hospitalizations for children with inflammatory bowel disease during the past decade in the United States.

26 Jun 2013

Mayo Clinic opens new C. difficile Clinic at Rochester campus

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) has reached an epidemic state and is the most common infectious cause of diarrhea in hospitals. Health care providers are seeing increased severity and recurrence rates of the infection. In response, Mayo Clinic has opened a C. difficile Clinic at the Rochester campus.

25 Jun 2013

Medicago produces Rotavirus VLP vaccine candidate using plant-based manufacturing platform

Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG; OTCQX: MDCGF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced the successful production of a Rotavirus VLP vaccine candidate comprising all four structural antigens of rotavirus (VP2, VP4, VP6 and VP7) using Medicago's plant-based manufacturing platform.

20 Jun 2013

Oral probiotic supplement increases vitamin D levels in blood, says study

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism is the first report of an oral probiotic supplement significantly increasing circulating vitamin D levels in the blood.

20 Jun 2013

New blood test finds cancer-related microRNA in blood before tumor development

A new blood test developed in the Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Lab at Baylor Research Institute is showing very promising results for finding cancer-related microRNA in the blood before a tumor develops in the colon.

19 Jun 2013

New technique offers potential to screen patients for viruses

In research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Saint Louis University researchers describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown viruses. The technique offers the potential to screen patients for viruses even when doctors have not identified a particular virus as the likely source of an infection.

18 Jun 2013

Vaccine given to newborns 60% effective against rotavirus in Ghana

Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana. Rotavirus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea, which in infants can cause severe dehydration.

18 Jun 2013

Minority children with autism less likely to have received subspecialty care or procedures, study finds

A study from investigators at MassGeneral Hospital for Children found that African-American or Hispanic children diagnosed with autism were significantly less likely than white children to have received subspecialty care or procedures related to conditions that often accompany autism spectrum disorders.

17 Jun 2013

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center opens new tower to better serve Bay Area Houston community

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center today celebrated the grand opening of its $92 million expansion project that will enhance services to better serve the Bay Area Houston community.

14 Jun 2013

Apremilast continues to demonstrate meaningful clinical responses in patients with psoriatic arthritis

New data presented today at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism show that apremilast administered to patients with psoriatic arthritis continues to demonstrate meaningful clinical responses beyond 24 weeks.

13 Jun 2013

Constella® (linaclotide), for the symptomatic treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBS-C), is now available in Germany, UK and Nordic countries

Almirall, S.A. (ALM:MC) and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD) announced the launch of Constella® (linaclotide 290mcg capsules once daily), the first approved prescription therapy in a new class of treatments for adults suffering from moderate to severe IBS-C,(1) in Europe. Constella® is now available in Germany, the UK and Nordic countries and is expected to be launched in several other European countries in 2013.

13 Jun 2013

Esophageal cancer: A serious threat to African-American men

The nation's attention and research money has been focused on esophageal adenocarcinoma - the type of esophageal cancer that has become more common over the last few decades and is associated with obesity and acid reflux.

13 Jun 2013

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital earns top ranking

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital ranks among the nation's best children's hospitals in nine specialties and is one of the top-ranked centers in California, according to the 2013-14 Best Children's Hospitals survey conducted by the U.S. News Media Group.

12 Jun 2013

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital ranked among nation's best children's hospitals

The University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital is among the best children's hospitals in the country in pediatric specialties and is the only hospital in Michigan ranked in all 10 specialties evaluated, according to the U.S. News & World Report's 2013-14 Best Children's Hospitals rankings.

12 Jun 2013

Johns Hopkins researchers develop experimental vaccine for TB meningitis

A team of Johns Hopkins researchers working with animals has developed a vaccine that prevents the virulent TB bacterium from invading the brain and causing the highly lethal condition TB meningitis, a disease that disproportionately occurs in TB-infected children and in adults with compromised immune system.

12 Jun 2013

Drug targeting of phages could offer a potential new path to mitigate antibiotic resistance

Bacteria in the gut that are under attack by antibiotics have allies no one had anticipated, a team of Wyss Institute scientists has found. Gut viruses that usually commandeer the bacteria, it turns out, enable them to survive the antibiotic onslaught, most likely by handing them genes that help them withstand the drug.

11 Jun 2013

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota honored as 2013-2014 Best Children's Hospital

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota has been honored by U.S. News & World Report as a 2013-2014 Best Children's Hospital. Children's has been ranked on the list every year since the program's inception in 2007.

11 Jun 2013

Current celiac disease screening method more cost-effective than universal screening, study finds

The current standard practice of screening adolescents who are either symptomatic or at high-risk for celiac disease proves to be more cost-effective than universal screening. Additionally, the strategy is successful in preventing bone loss and fractures in celiac patients, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

11 Jun 2013

Heartburn complaints in children may be due to spicy food

Did you know the number one reason children complain about chest pain is because they actually have heartburn? A lot of people believe that adults are the only ones who get it, but I have been seeing more and more children complain about heartburn, and there are some common reasons why.

7 Jun 2013

Scientists work together to optimize the quality, availability of fecal microbiota transplants

Monarch Labs and the BioTherapeutics, Education & Research Foundation announced today their collaboration to develop two fecal microbiota transplantation products.

4 Jun 2013

Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Latest Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Reason for large increase in hospitalizations of children with IBD unclear, researchers report

Mayo Clinic opens new C. difficile Clinic at Rochester campus

Medicago produces Rotavirus VLP vaccine candidate using plant-based manufacturing platform

Oral probiotic supplement increases vitamin D levels in blood, says study

New blood test finds cancer-related microRNA in blood before tumor development

New technique offers potential to screen patients for viruses

Vaccine given to newborns 60% effective against rotavirus in Ghana

Minority children with autism less likely to have received subspecialty care or procedures, study finds

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center opens new tower to better serve Bay Area Houston community

Apremilast continues to demonstrate meaningful clinical responses in patients with psoriatic arthritis

Constella® (linaclotide), for the symptomatic treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBS-C), is now available in Germany, UK and Nordic countries

Esophageal cancer: A serious threat to African-American men

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital earns top ranking

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital ranked among nation's best children's hospitals

Johns Hopkins researchers develop experimental vaccine for TB meningitis

Drug targeting of phages could offer a potential new path to mitigate antibiotic resistance

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota honored as 2013-2014 Best Children's Hospital

Current celiac disease screening method more cost-effective than universal screening, study finds

Heartburn complaints in children may be due to spicy food

Scientists work together to optimize the quality, availability of fecal microbiota transplants

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