Los microplásticos dañan los intestinos de las aves marinas, y quizá también los de los humanos
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La contaminación con microplásticos altera el microbioma intestinal de las aves marinas silvestres, y esto podría ser una señal de advertencia para los humanos, informan unos investigadores. Científicos d…
Learn MoreViruses in the Gut Might Help People Live to Be 100
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A key to living to 100 may be the viruses living in a centenarian’s guts.“This snapshot of how the virome interacts with gut microbiomes could tell us about how microbial and viral ecology evolves over the l…
Learn MoreMicroplastics Are Harming the Guts of Seabirds — and Maybe Humans, Too
TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Microplastic pollution is altering the gut microbiomes of wild seabirds and that could be a warning sign for humans, researchers report.Scientists from McGill University in Montreal, along with colleagues from…
Learn MoreMicroplastics Are Harming the Guts of Seabirds — and Maybe Humans, Too
TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Microplastic pollution is altering the gut microbiomes of wild seabirds and that could be a warning sign for humans, researchers report.Scientists from McGill University in Montreal, along with colleagues from…
Learn MoreAllowing Bedside Nurses to Order C. Difficile Testing Cuts Time to Results
FRIDAY, May 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Allowing bedside nurses to independently order stool testing for Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) significantly decreases the amount of time to receive test results versus requiring physician approval, a…
Learn MoreGuidelines Developed for Treating Chronic Idiopathic Constipation
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Gastroenterological Association and the American College of Gastroenterology, and published online May 19 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology an…
Learn MoreUnenhanced CT 30 Percent Less Accurate Than Enhanced for ED Evaluation
WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Unenhanced computed tomography (CT) is 30 percent less accurate than contrast-enhanced CT for evaluating abdominal pain in the emergency department, according to a study published online May 3 in JAMA Surger…
Learn MoreLa FDA aprueba la primera pastilla para tratar la enfermedad de Crohn de moderada a grave
VIERNES, 19 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los pacientes con enfermedad de Crohn cuentan ahora con una nueva opción de tratamiento, después de que la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. aprobara una pastilla llamada Rinvoq…
Learn MoreDigestive Disease Week, May 6-9
Digestive Disease Week, the annual meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tra…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Pill to Treat Moderate-to-Severe Crohn’s Disease
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with Crohn’s disease have a new treatment option, following U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a pill called Rinvoq (upadacitinib).Rinvoq is meant to treat adults with moderately to severely…
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