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Capsule Endoscopy Diagnoses More Crohn's Disease Recurrence After Surgery Than Colonoscopy
Research from La Fe University Hospital in Valencia, Spain shows that capsule endoscopy diagnoses more Crohn's disease recurrence after surgery than colonoscopy. Capsule endoscopy led to changes in therapy for more than half of the patients studied.   view more (2007-09-27)

How does sodium phosphate combined with bisacodyl affect small intestine?
Capsule endoscopy is a well accepted tool for evaluation of small bowel pathologies (e.g., bleeding sources). However, it has some limitations due to restricted recording time and reduced visibility by air and residual material.   view more (2008-05-21)

Bowel prep oral sodium phosphate equal to fasting before capsule endoscopy for obscure GI bleeding
According to a new study from researchers in France, bowel preparation with oral sodium phosphate for capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is no better at cleansing the small bowel than the standard method of preparation, which is an eight-hour fast before the... view more (2008-06-18)

Simple breath test may replace endoscopy
A simple breath test for detecting H pylori infection is as effective and safe as endoscopy and is less uncomfortable and distressing for the patient, conclude researchers in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-04-24)

ASGE issues guidelines on the role of endoscopy in the bariatric surgery patient
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued guidelines on the role of endoscopy in the bariatric surgery patient.   view more (2008-07-28)

ASGE issues updated infection control guidelines for gastrointestinal endoscopy
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has updated its infection control guidelines regarding gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy.   view more (2008-05-14)

Vitamin D can prevent fractures in older people
Vitamin D supplements reduce fractures in men and women aged over 65 living in the general community, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-02-26)

ASGE offers guidelines on endoscopic treatment of dyspepsia
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued guidelines for the role of endoscopy in treating dyspepsia, discomfort thought to arise from the upper-gastrointestinal tract, which affects a fourth of the population in Western countries.   view more (2007-12-26)

YES2 student payload released from Foton-M3
The Second Young Engineers' Satellite (YES2) was activated and separated from the Foton-M3 spacecraft earlier today. The tether deployed for 8.5 km, after which the Fotino capsule was released on its way to Earth.   view more (2007-09-26)

MR imaging helps predict recurrence in prostate cancer patients
MR images taken of prostate cancer patients prior to treatment that show that the cancer has spread outside the prostate gland capsule help predict whether the cancer will return.   view more (2007-05-07)

Make up and go
Final year Northumbria University student Adrian Hanlon has proven he's in touch with his feminine side after designing a range of body care accessories for women - and winning a national award in the process. The idea features body care products in themed capsules that respond to a woman's... view more (2003-05-08)

Optimal band imaging with endoscopy facilitates the diagnosis of depressed-type early gastric cancer
A study from the Jichi Medical University in Japan shows that optimal band imaging used with an endoscope provided images that clearly identified depressed-type early gastric cancer without magnification in 96 percent of study participants.   view more (2008-02-19)

Z machine melts diamond to puddle
Sandia's Z machine, by creating pressures more than 10 million times that of the atmosphere at sea level, has turned a diamond sheet into a pool of liquid.   view more (2006-11-06)

Removal of superficial tumours in oesophagus by endoscopy can avoid complete extirpation of this part of the digestive tract
The removal through endoscopy of tumours that affect only the superficial layers of the oesophagus can avoid complete extirpation of this part of the digestive tract.   view more (2008-04-11)

Patients may have sweet and effective way to prepare for upper GI endoscopy: an anesthetic lollipop
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.   view more (2007-10-17)

Massive necrosis after trans-catheter treatment is more common in the presence of tumor capsule
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide. Prognosis of patients with HCC complicating cirrhosis mainly depends on the tumor growth, progression of the underlying liver disease and the effectiveness of antitumoral treatment.   view more (2007-11-26)

New Study on confirmatory Test Diagnosis for GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease
22 May 2001 - Mölndal, Sweden - The majority of patients presenting with chronic and frequent heartburn will be eventually diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). At present, the only means to confirm a suspected diagnosis, made by a physician following an analysis of symptom... view more (2001-05-22)

OHSU findings may improve how people with chronic heartburn, precancer of the esophagus are screened
Researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Digestive Health Center are first to report that screening people with chronic heartburn or pre-cancer of the esophagus in an office setting using a "skinny scope" is as accurate, less expensive and less risky than a traditional... view more (2006-12-04)

Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to stomach virus
Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME (myalgic encephalitis), is linked to a stomach virus, suggests research published ahead of print in Journal of Clinical Pathology.   view more (2007-09-14)

YES2 team claims a space tether world record
On 25 September, students around the world watched with bated breath as their creation, the second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) experiment, reached its dramatic conclusion.   view more (2007-11-09)

Vitamin C depletion correlates with lower body fat, not weight loss during short-term diet
Too little vitamin C in the blood stream has been found to correlate with increased body fat and waist measurements.   view more (2006-04-04)

ESA's first step towards Mars Sample Return
What is the next best thing to humans landing on Mars and exploring the wonders of the Red Planet? The answer: touching, imaging and analysing carefully preserved samples of Martian rock in a state-of-the-art laboratory on Earth. If all goes according to plan, this is exactly what ESA's long-term... view more (2003-11-12)

ESA and Rosaviakosmos sign up for two Foton flights
A procurement order for two unmanned Foton capsule flights was recently (21 October) signed at the European Space Agency's Moscow Office by ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight, Mr Jörg Feustel-Büechl, and Mr V.I. Kozlov, Head of the Automatic Vehicle and Ground Control Department at... view more (2003-11-04)

Dutch diet contains too little folic acid
The average Dutch person consumes about 85% of the recommended daily intake of folic acid. Furthermore, it is estimated that our bodies fail to absorb no less than one quarter of the folic acid in food. These findings were made by Alida Melse-Boonstra during her doctoral research, which she carried... view more (2003-09-05)

Liftoff for Aurora: Europe's first steps to Mars, the Moon and beyond
ESA PR 64-2002. Step by step, the European Space Agency's new Aurora space exploration programme is beginning to take shape. This ambitious programme, started by ESA in January 2002, sets out a strategy over the next 30 years for Europe's robotic and human exploration of Mars, the Moon, and even... view more (2002-10-11)
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