2012

August

• Kaiser Permanente study finds obese youth have significantly higher risk of gallstones -

• Statin therapy associated with lower risk of pancreatitis -

June

• Control gene for ‘conveyor belt’ cells could help improve oral vaccines, treat intestinal disease -

May

• Study Shows Hep C Causing More Liver Damages -

• Physician Definitively Links Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Bacteria in Gut -

• Cedars-Sinai physician definitively links irritable bowel syndrome and bacteria in gut -

• Takeda drug impresses in ulcerative colitis study -

• Biomarkers can reveal IBS -

April

• How probiotic bacteria protect against inflammatory bowel diseases -

• Laparoscopy reduces the risk of small-bowel obstruction -

• Soy protein alleviates symptoms of fatty liver disease -

• Newly Approved Treatment for Acid Reflux Disease Available -

• Rectal NSAID Cuts Pancreatitis Risk After ERCP -

March

• Longer treatment with cancer drug following removal of GI tumor results in improved survival -

• Detection and treatment for hepatic encephalopathy prevents car accidents, reduces costs -

• Some drugs less harsh than others for IBS: study -

• Prevention of Aspirin-Related Gastric Ulcers -

• Pozen rises as ulcer drug meets goals in studies -

• Colonoscopy Patients Opt for Painless Approach -

• Researchers Find 5 Risk Biomarkers for Crohn’s Disease In Jews of Eastern European Descent -

• Boosting cell production could help treat liver disease -

February

• FDA says ulcer drugs may raise diarrhea risk -

• Rotavirus vaccine not linked to bowel problems -

• Rotavirus Vaccine Not Associated with Increased Risk of Intestinal Disorder in US Infants -

• Ulcer-causing bug tied to higher diabetes risk -

January

• Five Reasons Not to Put Off a Colonoscopy -

• New therapeutic target to combat liver cancer discovered -

• GERD in Infants and Children -

• An easier way to remove gallstones -

• Radical Liver Surgery, West Coast First -

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease Emerges as a Global Disease -

• Feeling Stressed? Why You May Feel It in Your Gut -

2011

December

• Rare genetic disorder provides clues to development of the pancreas -

• Genes modify the risk of liver disease among alcoholics -

• Fatty livers are in overdrive -

November

• Use of opioid painkillers for abdominal pain has more than doubled -

• Dendritic cells protect against acute pancreatitis -

• Psychological factors affect IBS patients’ interpretation of symptom severity -

• Severe alcoholic hepatitis: An effective combination of 2 treatments -

• The Economic Cost of Advanced Liver Disease -

• Live liver donors have troubles years later: study -

October

• Psychological traumas experienced over lifetime linked to adult irritable bowel syndrome -

• Probiotics effective in combating antibiotic-associated diarrhea -

• Study finds physicians show bias when diagnosing stomach problems -

• Acid-Suppressing Drugs Being Over Prescribed in Infants -

• An effective treatment for anal incontinence -

September

• Antibiotic use tied to Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis -

• Viral Theory Is Set Back in Chronic Fatigue Study -

• Even low-dose aspirin may increase risk of GI bleeding -

August

• New Way to Remove Large Polyps, CA First -

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