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• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) -

  Published: May 15, 2007, 2:04 pm

  Tags: Gastrointestinal Reflux, Heartburn, Reflux

  Commonly called heartburn or indigestion, GERD is a sense of burning and discomfort between the ribs just below the sternum (breastbone). Sometimes people with GERD experience a sour or bitter taste in the back of their mouth or throatWhat causes it? The esophagus is the passageway ("food pipe") that carries swallowed food to the stomach. GERD

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• Antidepressants and painkillers - dangerous combination

  Published: October 8, 2007, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Health, Antidepressants, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Painkillers

  Taking antidepressants together with painkillers can substantially increase the risk of bleeding from the stomach, according to new research by the University of East Anglia.

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• Antidepressants double risk of gastrointestinal bleeding

  Published: October 8, 2007, 2:33 pm

  Tags: Health, Antidepressants, Gastrointestinal Bleeding

  New research shows that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a group of drugs commonly used to treat depression, may double the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.

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• Effective treatment for gastrointestinal smooth muscle tumors

  Published: October 10, 2007, 3:16 pm

  Tags: Health, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Leiomyoma, Leiomyosarcoma

  Gastrointestinal smooth muscle tumors (SMTs, including leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma) represent relatively common lesions that are thought to originate from a muscular layer of the gastrointestinal tract. They can be found in the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and colon.

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• Sweet, effective way to prepare for upper GI endoscopy

  Published: October 16, 2007, 4:36 pm

  Tags: Health, Anesthesia, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

  Researchers at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) in Lebanon have found that administering a lidocaine lollipop as a single-agent anesthetic to patients undergoing an upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedure eliminated the need for sedation in the majority of patients.

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• After that stolen base in the World Series ... [Gastrointestinal Scavenger Hunts]

  Published: November 3, 2007, 6:25 pm

  Tags: Gastrointestinal Scavenger Hunts, Tacos, World Series

  After that stolen base in the World Series enabled free Taco Bell tacos for everyone, one man set out to acquire 10 tacos in that 2-5 p.m. window back on Tuesday. He wound up with seven. Postscript: he ate exactly zero of them. [$8 Beers]

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• After that stolen base in the World Series ... [Gastrointestinal Scavenger Hunts]

  Published: November 3, 2007, 6:25 pm

  Tags: Gastrointestinal Scavenger Hunts, Tacos, World Series

  After that stolen base in the World Series enabled free Taco Bell tacos for everyone, one man set out to acquire 10 tacos in that 2-5 p.m. window back on Tuesday. He wound up with seven. Postscript:...

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• Dragon's blood quenches stomach ulcer bacteria

  Published: November 12, 2007, 12:29 pm

  Tags: Health, Gastrointestinal Disease, Helicobacter Pylori

  cause millions of cases of gastrointestinal disease each

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• Colonoscopy at the Royal Free Hospital was not clinically justified : 500,000 payout

  Published: December 9, 2007, 4:31 am

  Tags: Vaccines, Health, Andrew Wakefield, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Biopsy, Children, Colonoscopy, Diagnosis, Education, Endoscopy, Family, Gastrointestinal, Health, Hospital, Mmr, Pdd Nos, Vaccine

  may and do indeed have gastrointestinal problems that warrant the performance of such an invasive endoscopy.” In the wake of what happened to Jack Piper, one hopes that parents are fully informed of the risks of such a procedure and the “‘controversial and uncertain’ link between autism and bowel conditions.”

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• New Weight-Loss Drug Shows Promise in Early Study

  Published: January 8, 2008, 9:44 pm

  Tags: High Blood Pressure, Osteoarthritis, Gastrointestinal

  adverse effects, including gastrointestinal and psychiatric problems. In the 6-milligram dose group, more than 53 percent reported some sort of gastrointestinal problem, such as diarrhea, nausea, frequent bowel movements or vomiting.And more than 27 percent of those taking that dose had psychiatric effects. Anxiety was the most commonly

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• A strange case of upper obstructive syndrome

  Published: February 23, 2008, 1:13 pm

  Tags: Health, Dyspepsia, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Vomiting

  sign of ADF is upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGI). A 59-year-old male patient, who underwent an aortic-bi-femoral bypass five years ago, was admitted to the Emergency Room after five days of persistent occlusive syndrome with dyspepsia and biliary

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• Detoxify your body

  Published: May 20, 2008, 9:44 am

  Tags: Chiropractic, Health Fitness, Acne, Body, Chemicals, Detoxify, Fatigue, Gastrointestinal, Systems, Toxins

  gas, irregularity, acne, gastrointestinal issues and joint pain will all begin to less severe or maybe even non-existent

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• What else may probiotics do in adults?

  Published: May 20, 2008, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Health, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Probiotic Bacteria

  and treatment of different gastrointestinal diseases and allergies. Probiotic products, however, are usually consumed by the general, healthy population but not much is known what kind of effects they have on the immune system in healthy

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• Infinity Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Stomach Cancer FDA Clears Accelerated Trial

  Published: May 31, 2008, 9:00 am

  Tags: Boston Blog Main, Biotech, Cancer, Fda, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

  of people with inoperable gastrointestinal stromal tumors spreading through the body, the company said today in an e-mailed statement. The drug kept the disease from further advancing for a median time of 12 weeks, for patients who have failed on all other treatments. Infinity made the announcement today at the American Society of Clinical

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• Infinity Pharmaceuticals Pulls Plug on Treatment for Prostate Cancer

  Published: July 14, 2008, 5:31 pm

  Tags: Boston, Boston Briefs, Biotech, Cancer, Fda, Life Sciences, Prostate Cancer, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Lung Cancer, American Socity Of Clinical Oncology, Infinity Pharmaceuticals

  cell lung cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumors, a deadly stomach cancer. A study presented in May at the American Society of Clinical Oncology was so promising against gastrointestinal stromal tumors that the FDA has agreed to allow Infinity to skip the second of three phases of study usually required. Permalink Share

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