Gastrointestinal Problems News

February 25, 2025

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Surprising Finding for Acid Reducing Drugs

Feb. 20, 2025 — Acid reducing medicines from the group of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are best-selling drugs that prevent and alleviate stomach problems. PPIs are activated in the acid-producing cells of the stomach, where they block acid production. Researchers ...

Biologists Transform Gut Bacteria Into Tiny Protein Pharmacies

Feb. 18, 2025 — Biologists converted gut bacteria into miniature protein factories that manufacture and release a sustained flow of targeted proteins inside the lower intestines. This technique solves one of the longstanding problems surrounding gastrointestinal ...

Ginger Compound Has Potential to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Feb. 19, 2025 — Researchers have found a compound in ginger, called furanodienone (FDN), that selectively binds to and regulates a nuclear receptor involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). While researchers have been aware of FDN for decades, they had not ...

Nerves Electrify Stomach Cancer, Sparking Growth and Spread

Feb. 19, 2025 — Researchers have found that a cancer outside the brain makes electrical connections with the nervous system to fuel cancer growth and aid its ...

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Research Shows Blood Test May Provide Personalized Dietary Therapy for Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Feb. 13, 2025 — Study participants who went on an IgG-based elimination diet--based on a novel blood test--experienced less abdominal pain than those on a sham ...

Microbiome as a Potential Key to Better Treatment: Clinical Study on New Therapy for Crohn's Disease

Feb. 11, 2025 — A special liquid diet, known as exclusive enteral nutrition, is an essential therapy for Crohn's disease. Patients consume only this formula for six ...

Scientists Develop Realistic 'Micro-Gut' Model to Study the Relationship Between Gut Microbes and Human Diseases

Feb. 10, 2025 — In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human intestines condensed into a ...

Beyond the Gut: A New Frontier in IBS Treatment by Targeting the Brain

Feb. 5, 2025 — Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common digestive disorder with unclear causes, affecting about 10% of the global population. Researchers have now discovered that opioid delta-receptor agonists ...

Study Establishes Link Between Early Side Effects from Prostate Cancer Radiation and Long-Term Side Effects

Jan. 31, 2025 — Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of developing more serious ...

Healthy Gut Bacteria That Feed on Sugar Analyzed

Jan. 31, 2025 — A microbe found in the lower part of the gut that is associated with good health has been comprehensively analyzed and found to have a focused diet breaking down sugars locked away in mucus, ...

Could Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Help Patients Heal After Stem Cell Transplantation?

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study shows that oral fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a feasible and safe addition to preventing graft-versus-host disease in ...

High Uric Acid Levels Linked to Deadly Outcomes in Children With Severe Malaria

Jan. 27, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid levels and life-threatening outcomes in children with severe ...

PET Probe Images Inflammation With High Sensitivity and Selectivity

Jan. 22, 2025 — Researchers have developed a breakthrough method to detect inflammation in the body using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. This innovative probe targets CD45, a marker abundantly expressed ...

Inflammation May Explain Stomach Problems in Psoriasis Sufferers

Jan. 20, 2025 — People with the skin condition psoriasis often have invisible inflammation in the small intestine with an increased propensity for 'leaky gut', according to new research. These changes in the gut ...

Wearable Devices Can Detect and Predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare-Ups

Jan. 16, 2025 — Data collected by wearable technology can identify disease flare-ups up to seven weeks in ...

Protein Level Predicts Immunotherapy Response in Bowel Cancer

Jan. 16, 2025 — Researchers have shown that the amount of a protein called CD74 can indicate which people with bowel cancer may respond best to ...

Fatal Neurodegenerative Disease in Kids Also Affects the Bowel

Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team showed that gene ...

Your Gut Bacteria Are in a Chemical Tug-of-War With Your Body

Jan. 13, 2025 — Our gut is a bustling hub of activity, home to trillions of microbes that work together with our bodies to keep us healthy. A recent study explores one fascinating aspect of this partnership: how gut ...

Hidden Mechanism of Swallowing Revealed by Caenorhabditis Elegans

Dec. 20, 2024 — New researchers uncover the role of Piezo channels that sense pressure in the digestive tract and regulate swallowing behavior. The research opens new opportunities for developing treatments for ...

Potential Culprit Identified in Lingering Crohn's Disease Symptoms

Dec. 19, 2024 — A study may explain why some patients with Crohn's disease continue to experience symptoms, even in the absence of ...

How a New Gut Microbe Drives the Gut-Lung Axis

Dec. 19, 2024 — A team has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings highlight how a little-known member of the gut microbiome reshapes the lung immune environment to have both ...

'Bad' Bacteria Can Trigger Painful Gut Contractions; New Research Shows How

Dec. 17, 2024 — A new study shows how one kind of bacteria, Vibrio cholerae, triggers painful intestinal contractions by activating the immune system. The research also finds a more general explanation for how the ...

Is Fake Meat Good to Eat? Processed Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Linked to Depression Risk in Vegetarians

Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers found that vegetarians who consumed PBMAs had a 42% increased risk of depression compared to vegetarians who refrained from ...

Researchers Find Previously Unknown Links Between Microbial Bile Acids and the Risk of Colon Cancer

Dec. 16, 2024 — Microbes living in our guts help us digest food by reshaping the bile acids that our livers produce for breaking down fats. It turns out that two of these microbially-modified bile acids may affect ...

Antidepressants May Act in Gut to Reduce Depression and Anxiety

Dec. 11, 2024 — In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side ...

MRI Could Be Key to Understanding the Impact a Gluten Free Diet Has on People With Celiac Disease

Dec. 6, 2024 — Experts have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to better understand the impact a gluten free diet has on people with celiac disease, which could be the first step towards finding new ways of ...

An Inflatable Gastric Balloon Could Help People Lose Weight

Dec. 3, 2024 — Engineers designed a new type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated as needed. It could offer an alternative for people who don't want to undergo more invasive treatments such as ...

All People Are Unique -- Also in the Gut

Dec. 2, 2024 — A new study increases our knowledge about the gut and the life of gut bacteria. The study shows, among other things, that changes in the gut environment have an impact on the composition and activity ...

Critical Relationship Between Stem Cells and Mechanical Signals Unveiled

Dec. 2, 2024 — Researchers uncover how two mechano-sensing ion channels are essential to maintain healthy stem ...

Deadly Diets Driving Digestive Diseases

Dec. 2, 2024 — Against the backdrop of an alarming increase in the number of people under 50 being diagnosed with bowel cancer, researchers are urging people to bump up their fiber intake and improve their eating ...

Food Additive Carrageenan (E 407) Could Disrupt the Intestinal Barrier and Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds

Nov. 27, 2024 — The food additive carrageenan (E 407) can be responsible for the development of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, ulcers, and increased blood sugar levels in animals. Researchers have now ...

Researchers Find That Intestinal Infections Change Bile Composition

Nov. 26, 2024 — Researchers have identified a new axis of host defense by studying what happens during enteric infection -- a term that encompasses all types of intestinal infections including so called ...

Scientists Find Why Tamoxifen Works Better for Some People

Nov. 25, 2024 — Tamoxifen is a common and important treatment to prevent breast cancer from recurring. A new study shows that variation in a patient's gut microbiome can impact how effective the treatment ...

A Groundbreaking New Approach to Treating Chronic Abdominal Pain

Nov. 22, 2024 — A research team has developed a new class of oral peptide therapeutic leads for treating chronic abdominal pain. This groundbreaking innovation offers a safe, non-opioid-based solution for conditions ...