Wikio - Small bowel transplants

So many (mountaineer musings)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:46:53 GMT

Oh yes, this will be WTMI. It’s one of those dumb health posts y’all hate, but this is where I track my small intestine’s progress, so what can you do? If you want something more interesting and less graphic, you can jump over to SRM! and see my thoughts on sci-fi and fantasy. So many [...]

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My dad is hospitalized (Prophecy Fellowship Forums)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:49:43 GMT

Dad is 82 and suffering from liver and intestinal cancer. He was hospitalized during the night for what appears to be a blockage in the small intestine. They are still in the process of doing tests. Please pray that the problem is resolved, and that dad is comfortable during whatever time he has...

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How does sodium phosphate combined with bisacodyl affect small intestine? (Eurekalert)

Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A team, led by Dr. Andreas Franke from University Hospital of Heidelberg at Mannheim, has determined the effect of bisacodyl and sodium phosphate on small bowel transit time and quality of capsule endoscopy (CE). They found a slight but significant acceleration of small bowel transit time, but no effect on the quality of CE. In all examinations, the visibility was significantly reduced...

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Granholm 'taking it easy,' recovering at home from emergency surgery (Detroit Free Press)

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:17:00 GMT

Gov. Jennifer Granholm is recuperating at home from emergency surgery last week to remove a blockage in her small intestine. She's walking around a bit but mostly "taking it easy," said her spokeswoman, Liz Boyd.

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Granholm 'taking it easy,' recovering at home from surgery (Detroit Free Press)

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:38:45 GMT

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A Warning of the Complications of Gastric Bypass Surgery (TotalHealthWorld)

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Gastric bypass surgery involves stapling the stomach to make it smaller and reattaching the small intestine to bypass a portion responsible for the majority of calorie and nutrient absorption. The procedure is only available to the morbidly obese (more than 100 pounds overweight) who have been obese for more than 5 years and shown a serious [...]

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Chemokines mediate preferential metastasis of cutaneous melanoma to the small intestine (Nature Publishing Group)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:27:01 GMT

Chemokines mediate preferential metastasis of cutaneous melanoma to the small intestine Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 5, 243 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncponc1098

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Street vendors hone entrepreneur skills at AIM (ABS CBN)

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:18:10 GMT

No one could have imagined a vendor selling "isaw [small intestine]" barbecue or a jobless street dweller going to school at the prestigious Asian Institute of Management (AIM). But Universal Motors Corporation (UMC) saw the street vendors' entrepreneural potential in 2006 and went into a partnership with the Center for Community Transformation (CCT) Credit Cooperative. Two years after,...

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Red Wine, Tea, May Help Regulate Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetics (Newswise)

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:28:26 GMT

Food scientists have found that certain antioxidants found in red wine and tea may help regulate the blood sugar of people with type 2 diabetes by inhibiting the action of alpha-glucosidase that controls the absorption of glucose from the small intestine, and protect the body from complications such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

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Claim: Shoddy Pool-Drain Kills 6-Year-Old (Red Orbit )

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:00:36 GMT

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Claim: Shoddy pool-drain kills 6-year-old (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:03:00 GMT

A 6-year-old Edina, Minn. girl has died after a pool drain removed a large portion of her small intestine nine months ago, a report said.Abigail Taylor died Thursday evening at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, her family's lawyer, Bob Bennett, said.Taylor was in the Minneapolis Golf Club's children's pool June 29, 2007, when her posterior became stuck in a pool drain,...

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Minnesota Girl Who Received Triple Organs Transplant Faces New Battle (Red Orbit )

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:00:11 GMT

By Michael O'Connor, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Mar. 8--A 6-year-old girl who underwent a triple organ transplant in Omaha after 21 feet of her small intestine was sucked out in a pool accident faces another battle.

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PillCam(R) SB Visualizes Disease Severity, Guides Treatment And Provides Better Sensitivity For The Detection Of Villus Atrophy (Medical News Today)

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) announced that a study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic reported that capsule endoscopy is a more effective tool to diagnose celiac disease and detect damage throughout the small intestine than upper endoscopy.

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Given Imaging: Given Imaging Announces New Mayo Clinic Study Concludes Celiac Disease May Be More Severe Than Symptoms Indicate for Some Patients (Market Wire)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:30:00 GMT

YOQNEAM, ISRAEL (MARKET WIRE) Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced that a study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic reported that capsule endoscopy is a more effective tool to diagnose celiac disease and detect damage throughout the small intestine than upper endoscopy. Researchers also found that celiac affects a highly variable portion of the small intestine...

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Discovery May Answer How Feeding Can Prevent Infection In Critically Ill Patients (Medical News Today)

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT

A persistent mystery in human medicine is how the lining of the small intestine, through which nutrients are absorbed, also prevents intestinal bacteria and their toxins from entering the bloodstream and causing serious infections. A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that a specific intestinal enzyme may be able to block the action of...

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MGH study identifies enzyme that protects against intestinal bacterial toxin (Eurekalert)

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

How the lining of the small intestine, through which nutrients are absorbed, also prevents intestinal bacteria from entering the bloodstream has been a mystery. Now researchers have found that an intestinal enzyme may be able to block the action of the bacterial toxin involved in the overwhelming infection known as sepsis. The findings may also explain why patients recovering...

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John Wayne Cancer Institute Researchers Show That A Key Protein Appears To Enable Spread Of Melanoma To The Small Intestine (Medical News Today)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:00:00 GMT

A study by researchers at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center has shown that a receptor protein found on melanoma cells appears to facilitate the disease's spread to the small intestine. The study, published in the Feb.

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Eat Magnets, Get Surgery (Truemors)

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:50:55 GMT

Five year old Braden Eberle swallowed a couple of pencil-eraser-size magnets. His mom figured, no big deal, they'll go right through. Nope. These magnets are the newer type made from neodymium and are incredibly strong. The magnets snapped together in the boy's small intestine, pinching off a portion. When Braden complained of pain in his [...]

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The Biochemical Basis of Celiac Disease (Red Orbit )

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:00:33 GMT

By Wieser, Herbert Koehler, Peter ABSTRACT Celiac disease (CD) is an inflammatory disorder of the upper small intestine triggered by the ingestion of wheat, rye, barley, and possibly oat products.

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Surgeons Remove Large Tumor, Transplant Bowel Back Into Patient (Medical News Today)

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago removed an 11-pound desmoid tumor from the abdominal cavity of an Arkansas man and performed a transplant using a segment of his own small intestine rescued during surgery, preserving his ability to eat and digest food.

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