Association of lactose sensitivity with inflammatory bowel disease
Sensitivity to lactose has been reported in Crohn’s disease, but its true role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is unclear. To investigate the prevalence of lactose intolerance in IBD patients the researchers studied 165 ill patients (Crohn’s disease = 70, ulcerative colitis = 95) and 30 healthy volunteers. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patients were… Read More →
Self-perceived lactose intolerance results in lower intakes of calcium and dairy foods and is associated with hypertension and diabetes in adults.
Lactose intolerance is a very common problem and often results in people diagnosing themselves based on symptoms not medical testing such as the hydrogen breath test. In a recent publication of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition researchers showed that self-perceived lactose intolerance results in unhealthy dietary modifications. Self diagnosed people, as compared to those… Read More →
13C-urea breath test for the diagnosis of H. pylori in children
The urea breath test is a safe, non-invasive and highly accurate test to diagnose the presence of H. pylori in adults. Dr. Yelda Leal and colleagues from Mexico sort to do an analysis of publications between the years 1998 and 2009 to evaluate the performance of the test in children. The criteria to be included… Read More →
Fructose Consumption Increases Risk Factors for Heart Disease
A recent study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks as 25 percent of their daily calorie requirement had increased blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, which have been shown to be indicators of increased risk for heart disease. … Read More →
Standard 3-drug H. pylori therapy beats newer 4 –drug regimens in Latin America Study
Researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor recently released the results of a large H. pylori eradication study conducted throughout Latin American. The researchers recruited 1,463 volunteers who were H. pylori positive and randomly assigned them one of three treatment regimens. One group took a five-day, four drug regimen, and a second group took… Read More →
Five year survival after Helicobacter pylori eradication in Alzheimer disease patients
Researchers in Greece tested the hypothesis that eradicating H. pylori infection could improve the survival in patients with Alzheimer Disease over a period of 5 years. There were 46 patients enrolled in the study split between those who had successful eradication of H. pylori, those where eradication efforts had failed and a final group who… Read More →
High prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with morbid obesity: a contributor to severe hepatic steatosis.
With the increasing prevalence of obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a major cause of liver diseases. Researchers at the Hospital Louis Mourier in France conducted a investigation to determine the prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and its relationship with liver disease in obese patients. The hydrogen breath test was used… Read More →
Does Long term Aspirin Use Have any Effect on Helicobacter pylori Eradication?
Antibiotic resistance continues to decrease the eradication rates of H. pylori infection. Researchers at Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey conducted an investigation on the effect of long term aspirin use on the efficacy of the standard triple therapy eradication regimen. The study enrolled 77 aspirin using patients and 79 patients without aspirin use as a control. … Read More →
Fructose intolerance in children presenting with abdominal pain
Researchers at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY examined the significance of fructose malabsorption in pediatric patients who had been previously diagnosed with abdominal pain caused by a functional bowel disorder. The study sort to determine whether these children had fructose malabsorption, and if so, whether restriction of fructose intake changes the reporting of symptoms. … Read More →
Increased incidence of SIBO during proton pump inhibitor therapy
Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) work by suppressing the gastric acid barrier. Researchers in Torino, Italy examined whether suppressing gastric acid production would increase the incidence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Using the hydrogen breath test the researchers tested 450 patients who received PPI’s for at least 3 years and 50 health controls who never… Read More →