In a randomized controlled trial, antioxidant supplementation was effective in relieving pain and reducing levels of oxidative stress in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Medscape Medical News
People who exercise consistently throughout their lives have a lower risk of dying from colon cancer, although they might not be protected from getting the disease, new research shows. Medscape Medical News
Do negative results from two different fecal tests, the FOBT and the FIT, tend to indicate a low risk for future colorectal cancer? This new study looks closely at the data. Gastroenterology
In patients with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B, a late-phase form of the disease with a poor prognosis, biochemical and virologic responses are sustained for up to 3 years in about 25% of patients given a 48-week course of peginterferon alfa-2a with or without lamivudine. Reuters Health Information
A 22-year-old Egyptian woman had been suffering from episodes of epigastric pain and vomiting throughout her pregnancy and puerperium. Southern Medical Journal
When surgeons need to occlude hepatic blood flow, intermittent ischemic periods can be extended to 30 minutes (as opposed to 15 minutes) without worsening hepatocellular injury, according to results from a randomized trial. Reuters Health Information
