MedPage Today (2/14, Smith) reports, “A camera in a pill, given in the emergency” department (ED), “is a sensitive way to detect upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding,” according to a study published online in Annals of Emergency Medicine. Investigators found “in a pilot 25-patient study, the camera – about the size of a large vitamin pill… Read more »
Author: Nate Kreifels
Military Research Could Help Battle Celiac Disease
NPR (1/11, Barclay) in its “Shots” blog reported, “Students at the University of Washington used a protein-folding program initially funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to come up with a treatment for celiac disease.” DARPA Program Manager Mildred Donlon explained that the UW biochemistry lab in Seattle used some DARPA “money to fund… Read more »
Standard Acid-Reducing Meds May Not Help NERD Patients
On the front of the Personal Journal section, the Wall Street Journal (11/13, D1, Beck, Subscription Publication) reports in “Health Journal” that 44% of Americans suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) at least once on a monthly basis, and 20% have heartburn at least once a week. Unfortunately, about half of those who suffer from… Read more »
