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IBS patients' brains are on high alert with less control of emotion and pain.
Medscape (Colonproctologia) - Lun, 26 Luglio 2010
http://www.medscape.com
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Given the immeasurable human distress and health care burden associated with intestinal failure, medical therapies aimed at intestinal rehabilitation are needed. Following massive small-bowel resection, the residual intestine is known to adapt structurally and functionally in an attempt to compensate for the resected portion. However, parenteral nutrition may be associated with many short- and long-term complications, including prevention of intestinal adaptation and promotion of mucosal atrophy due to lack of stimulus provided by oral or enteral nutrition. However, data herein demonstrate that the addition of butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid produced in the colon by dietary fiber fermentation, stimulates intestinal adaptation when added to parenteral nutrition, indicating that current solutions could be formulated to optimize intestinal adaptation and to reduce dependence of individuals with intestinal failure receiving long-term parenteral nutrition regimens.
Archives of Surgery (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 23 Giugno 2010
http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/
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Faecal incontinence is the involuntary loss of stool or flatus. It is a distressing condition that can have a substantially negative effect on quality of life. According to a systematic review it may affect 11-15% of the population.
British Medical Journal (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 16 Giugno 2010
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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A colonoscopy or a rectoscopy performed for rectal bleedings often put in evidence the presence of internal hemorrhoids, treated with electrocoagulation or infrared photocoagulation. Another option is rubber band ligation, but this procedure implies a great amount of pain, an easy bleeding and, sometimes, infectious complications.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Mar, 18 Maggio 2010
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Video-colonoscopy through a little camera introduced into a capsule certainly represents a less invasive method than traditional colonoscopy to reveal colic lesions, so the procedure is more and more improved in order to avoid false negatives due to tool defects. A video camera has been recently used, with an automatic stand-by in order to specifically display colon and it has been tested in a prospective, international trial, sponsored by pharmaceutical industry, performed on 328 patients averagely 59.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Lun, 1 Marzo 2010
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CT colonography, inappropriately defined by someone as “virtual colonoscopy”, has been, up to now, evaluated as a screening means in trials concerning above all populations with a high risk of intestinal cancer. In this European trial, 937 subjects with a high risk for tumours (family history for colorectal cancer, personal history of colorectal adenomas, positive occult blood test) have undergone CT colono-graphy followed, in the same day, by colonoscopy; endoscopists performed endoscopy in blind, which was abolished only in case of results contrasting with CT and endoscopy. The searched main outcome was the presence of an adenoma of at least 6 mm of diameter, with suspected characteristics. Compared with colonoscopy, CT colonography presented a positive predictive value of 62% and a negative pre-dictive value of 96%.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Gio, 17 Dicembre 2009
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While technology has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years, doctors at Baylor College of Medicine recommend sticking to traditional methods when screening for colon cancer for now. The option for a "virtual" colonoscopy is now available. Virtual colonoscopy is a CT scan image of the colon and does not require the use of an endoscope – a thin, flexible device that is inserted into the colon.
Baylor College of Medicine (Colonproctologia) - Ven, 8 Maggio 2009
http://www.bcm.edu
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Many in the US cancer prevention community thought the recent accumulation of data showing the effectiveness of computed tomography (CT) colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, as a screening tool for colorectal cancer would be enough to ensure that the procedure would be covered under Medicare. But they were wrong.
Journal of the American Medical Association (Colonproctologia) - Ven, 3 Aprile 2009
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
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On average, patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) receive an annual dose of diagnostic radiation that is comparable to the dose of naturally occurring radiation to which most Americans and Europeans are exposed.
Medscape (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 10 Settembre 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel condition, has variable responses to drugs targeting tumour necrosis factor. Advances in treatment include a shift from immunosuppression to reinforcement of the intestinal barrier.
The Lancet (Colonproctologia) - Ven, 4 Luglio 2008
http://www.thelancet.com