Digestive Tract Articles & Analysis
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Probiotics are beneficial forms of gut bacteria that help stimulate the natural digestive juices and enzymes that keep our digestive organs functioning properly. Microalgae are probiotic foods that have been shown to increase the amount of both Lactobacillus and bifidobacteria in the digestive tract. In addition to detoxify ...
About Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a debilitating, life-long condition that results from chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. The most common forms of IBD are ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, which are both characterized by diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, fatigue and weight loss that can lead to life-threatening ...
While the treatment, NBT-NM108, does not target the coronavirus directly, it does help to create stable foundation for a healthy digestive tract. “COVID-19 patients with pre-existing conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes suffer three to four times higher mortality rate than the average patient population,” said Zhao, professor and ...
Multi-faceted vision: The ENVue device’s screen shows an axial, frontal, and lateral view of the patient’s body, so as to indicate the depth and height as the tube moves through the digestive system. This ensures that from three different angles, the support-staff member can ensure the tube is not in the trachea, and always in the digestive ...
Traditional capsule endoscope is propelled by natural motility of the digestive tract while the stomach is also affected by gravity, limiting complete visualization of the stomach. ...
The Ig is a flexible endoscopic tool intended to grasp and manipulate tissue within the digestive tract under direct endoscopic visualization. The Is is a monopolar electrosurgical device for cutting, dissecting, and cauterizing tissue within the digestive tract. Endolumenal intervention is a procedure performed within a hollow ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the DiLumen Ik™ Endolumenal Interventional Knife, a sterile, single-use, disposable monopolar electrosurgical device for cutting, dissecting, and cauterizing tissue within the digestive tract during endoscopic procedures. The DiLumen Ik™ is also designed to deliver a seamless submucosal injection ...
Research on gut microbiota (bacteria of the digestive tract) has for some years greatly contributed to advancing medical science. ...
Work on intestinal microbiota carried out at INRA for more than 30 years has, with the recent development of metagenomics, led to new breakthroughs that have transformed our understanding of the ecosystem of the human digestive tract. Microbiota – the set of bacteria living in our digestive tract – is now considered ...
“Finally we need to be sure that these bioactives reach the right part of the infant’s digestive tract, so that benefits for development and immune function are maximized,” Ms Sanguansri said. ...
In mosquitoes, the malaria parasite infects the digestive tract. A mosquito bites a human who carries the malaria parasite in his or her bloodstream. ...