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• Advances Aid Treatment, Diagnosis of Celiac Disease

  May 19 (HealthDay News) -- New research could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of ...

• Women With IBS Unable to Switch Off Pain Response

  Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Women with irritable bowel syndrome anticipate and react to pain ...

• Anti-Reflux Drugs May Be Overprescribed in Infants

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors may be overprescribing anti-reflux medications to infants, new research ...

• One Surgery Often Enough for Peritonitis

  August 22 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with a serious gastrointestinal infection known as peritonitis may ...

• Hormones Might Help Treat Colon Cancer

  August 2 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone deficiency is a prime cause of colon cancer, which ...

• Medical Tourism Takes Flight

  July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Soaring U.S. medical costs are causing many Americans to take ...

• Computerized Ordering Cuts Medication Errors

  June 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. hospitals that switched from using doctors' handwritten prescriptions to ...

• Health Care Not Compromised by Multiple Conditions

  June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Having multiple chronic health conditions won't diminish the quality of ...

• Treating the Mind Eases Irritable Bowel

  May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Hypnotherapy, antidepressants and other mind-centered treatments could help people battling ...

• Experience Counts in Colonoscopy: Study

  May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Experience is key to successful colonoscopies, and doctors who perform ...

• Hepatitis C Infection Hampers Liver Transplant Success

  May 21 (HealthDay News) -- While survival rates have improved for liver transplant patients without ...

• U.S. Offers Free, Bilingual Health Checklists

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• Medication Errors Common for Transplant Patients

  March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Medication errors are common and often difficult to detect in ...

• Doctors, Not Patients, Often Decide Where Surgeries Are Performed

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors often play a big role in deciding where U.S. ...

• Medication Errors During Surgeries Particularly Dangerous

  March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medication errors that occur during the course of a surgical ...

• Stool Analysis May be Key to Rapid Diarrhea Test

  March 1 (iVillage Total Health) -- Adults and children who battle bouts of diarrhea may ...

• Esophageal Surgery May Be Safe for Obese Patients

  Feb. 22 (iVillage Total Health) -- A surgery often performed on people with cancer of ...

• First Recombinant DNA-Based Suture Approved

  Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the TephaFlex ...

• Ulcer Bug With Humans for 60,000 Years

  Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria that causes most stomach ulcers, have ...