Gastrointestinal Tract

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  Cardiovascular Disease And Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Here's The Connection Between The Two

  Some of the symptoms of one's upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract may overlap with heart attack creating issues in giving a correct diagnosis. Read here to know more about this.

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  Including These Common Vegetables In Your Diet May Ward Off Colon Cancer Risk

  Previous studies have found that allium vegetables have nutrients and bioactive compounds that can cut the risk of cancer, particularly cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, the report said.

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  Women Suffering From IBD At Greater Risk Of Mental Illness; Effective Tips To Treat IBD Naturally

  Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is a group of chronic gastrointestinal disorders in which people have ulceration, inflammation, and bleeding of their gastrointestinal tract, and are at risk for complications in other parts of the body.

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  Everything You Need To Know About The Wonder Walnuts!

  According to a study conducted by the University of Illinois, the way walnuts impact the gut microbiome - the collection of trillions of microbes or bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract - may be behind some of those health benefits

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  New Microchip For Ingestible 'Smart Pills' Developed

  The silicon-chip device called ATOMS - short for addressable transmitters operated as magnetic spins could one day serve as miniature robotic wardens of our bodies, monitoring a patient's gastrointestinal tract, blood, or brain.

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  Regular Aspirin Use May Reduce Cancer Risk: Study

  Regular usage of aspirin is likely to reduce the overall risk of cancer, a reduction that primarily reflects a lower risk of colorectal cancer and other tumours of the gastrointestinal tracts, finds a new study.

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  Aspirin Lowers Risk Of Cancer, Evidences Show: Study

  People who take aspirin regularly have a significantly lower risk of cancer, particularly involving the colon and gastrointestinal tract, according to US research published today.

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  New Test to Quickly Spot Pancreatic Cancer: Study

  By collecting samples from the portal vein -- which carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, including from the pancreas, to the liver -- physicians can learn far more about a patients pancreatic cancer than by relying on peripheral blood from a more easily accessed vein in the arm, says a study.

• New Study Offers Insight Into IBS Treatment

  Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS is an extremely common gastrointestinal (GI) disorder that can be characterized by bloating, pain and discomfort, diarrhea, constipation and intermittent abdominal pain. The symptoms are caused by changes in how the GI...

• Your digestive tract's surface is the size of a studio apartment!

  The inner surface of your gastrointestinal tract is as large as a small studio apartment, or between about 100 and 130 square feet, according to a new study.While that may seem impressive, it's much smaller than previous estimates that put it at between...

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  Swimming ups gastroenteritis risk

  A dip in the public pool or local lake may boost people's risks of catching a case of stomach flu and gastroenteritis.

• Cranberry juice may fight viruses

  Cranberry juice, which studies have shown to help disrupt bacterial infections of the urinary tract, may also work against gastrointestinal viruses.