The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising that the serious side effects associated with fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs generally outweigh the benefits for patients with sinusitis, bronchitis, and uncomplicated urinary tract infections. These drugs are commonly used in the treatment of bowel infections as well, for example infectious diarrhea or diverticulitis, although the warning does
P Polyp, a Colonic rapper from the South Side of the Splenic Flexure.
Intensive 8-week enema treatments had promising results (MEDPAGE) Intensive treatment with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) showed efficacy for ulcerative colitis in patients who were resistant to or intolerant of conventional therapy, a randomized trial found.
In what may come as a bit of a surprise, a new study found that overweight colon cancer patients tended to have better survival than their normal-weight peers. However, obesity increases the risk of having polyps and colon cancer to begin with. So although this is a little surprising, don’t bank on being overweight as
New Microbiome Center to merge expertise of UChicago, MBL and Argonne
New Microbiome Center to merge expertise of University of Chicago, Marine Biological Lab and Argonne National Laboratory. The University of Chicago, MBL and Argonne already have conducted some of the most influential research aimed at understanding and characterizing microorganisms.Argonne Director Peter B. Littlewood The University of Chicago, the Marine Biological Laboratory and the U.S. Department
Treating SIBO (Part 6): Hydrogen vs. Methane SIBO – Hollywood Homestead
SIBO – or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth – is a serious condition in which there is too much bacteria and/or the wrong type of bacteria in the small intestine. There are two types of SIBO: hydrogen SIBO and methane SIBO. This is part of a series about treating SIBO. If you missed the last parts
The growing pains of the health care act are frustrating patients.
“Sorry, We Don’tTake Obamacare” The growing pains of the health care act are frustrating patients. Research thus far suggests that the differences between plans offered through the ACA and those offered by employers may be quite significant. A study in the policy journal Health Affairs found that out-of-pocket prescription costs were twice as high in
During my junior year of college, I waited in line with classmates to use a chemistry lab scale. We held fragile containers with an unknown white powder and had to identify the mystery powder using techniques like chromatography, distillation, and recrystallization. It was the most important lab of the year in organic chemistry. Suddenly the girl next
Study lends a proposed pathway to the previously reported association between PPI use and heart disease
The previously reported association between PPI use and heart disease was just that…an association, not a cause and effect. Associations are the weakest form of science. However, researchers have found that long-term exposure to proton pump inhibitors led to faster aging of endothelial cells that line blood vessels by impairing the ability of the cells
