Will Disposable Caps Solve Dirty Scope Problems?
Reprocessing duodenoscopes after they’ve journeyed through a patient’s GI tract has been a pain in the you-know-what for pretty much everyone involved. These flexible lighted instruments are quite complex, with a lot of small working parts that are difficult to clean. So it’s all too easy for contaminated tissue or fluid to get trapped in the crevices of the device and allow nasty little superbugs to spread to other patients.
And yet, duodenoscopes enable more than 500,000 necessary procedures a year for patients with bile duct disorders and other upper GI problems, according to FDA. That’s why the agency is optimi...
Source: MDDI - September 21, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: MD & M Minneapolis Sterilization Regulatory and Compliance Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Liver fluke: Symptoms and treatment
The liver fluke is a parasite found in the bile ducts and the liver. In this article, we look at the symptoms and diseases they can cause, and prevention. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Source Type: news
FDA clears first duodenoscope with disposable distal cap
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared the first duodenoscope with a disposable distal cap, a new feature that will improve access for cleaning and reprocessing. The Pentax ED34-i10T model duodenoscope is intended to provide visualization and access to the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract to treat bile duct disorders and other upper GI problems. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - September 20, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Bile reflux
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - September 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Game of Thrones-Inspired Reason Hillary Clinton Compared Herself to Cersei Lannister
Hillary Clinton name-drops a number of books in her new memoir What Happened, but it’s her reference to hit television show Game of Thrones that seems to be garnering the most attention.
In a passage focused on the hostility leveled at her by Trump supporters at the now-President’s campaign rallies, Clinton compared herself to Cersei Lannister — the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms played by Lena Headey in the HBO drama.
“Crowds at Trump rallies called for my imprisonment more times than I can count,” she wrote. “They shouted, ‘Guilty! Guilty!’ like the religious zealots in Game ...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - September 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Megan McCluskey Tags: Uncategorized Books cersei lannister game of thrones hillary clinton politics Television TV Source Type: news
Drug-induced bile duct injury - Visentin M, Lenggenhager D, Gai Z, Kullak-Ublick GA.
Drug-induced liver injury includes a spectrum of pathologies, some related to the mode of injury, some to the cell type primarily damaged. Among these, drug-induced bile duct injury is characterized by the destruction of the biliary epithelium following ex... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
New selfie app can spot early signs of pancreatic cancer
Normally, by the time symptoms arise, patients have a nine percent chance of living five years. BiliScreen uses a camera to detect bile levels through the eyes before you can see it in a mirror. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Making connections: Bonded by short bowel syndrome
At the top of the dual slide, 4-year-old Brayden Austin is buzzing with energy, excited to go careening down to the bottom. Yet he waits patiently until a towheaded boy joins him on the neighboring chute. Two-year-old Camden Glover is a little nervous. But Brayden grabs his hand and the pair sails to the ground together, squealing with delight.
It’s a typical playground scene, but also an apt metaphor for the boys’ special connection. The two children — one from Maine, one from Tennessee — have a close friendship. But they might never have met if not for one life-threatening event.
Parallel lives
It was March 7,...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 28, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jessica Cerretani Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation Dr. Bram Raphael Dr. Mark Puder intestinal malrotation Omegaven short bowel syndrome (SBS). TPN Source Type: news
PCI Biotech starts dosing in Phase I extension study for bile duct cancer
Norwegian biopharmaceutical firm PCI Biotech has started dosing patients in a Phase I extension study with fimaCHEM to treat inoperable perihilar bile duct cancer. (Source: Drug Development Technology)
Source: Drug Development Technology - August 14, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Choledocholithiasis: Causes, symptoms, and diagnosis
Choledocholithiasis is when a gallstone becomes stuck in one of the ducts of the bile system. Learn about the causes, risk factors, and treatments. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news
Gallbladder cancer: THIS common condition can increase risk - do you know the symptoms?
THE gallbladder is a small organ which stores bile - the fluid produced by the liver which helps to break down food. But now scientists have revealed a common condition can increase the risk of developing cancer in the organ. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chronic liver inflammation linked to Western diet
(Elsevier) A new study in The American Journal of Pathology reports that mice fed a Western diet, which is high in fat and sugar, resulted in hepatic inflammation, especially in males. Moreover, liver inflammation was most pronounced in Western diet-fed male mice that also lacked farnesoid x receptor (FXR), a bile acid receptor. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 12, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Gallbladder cancer symptoms - five signs you could be suffering from digestive disease
THE gallbladder is a small organ which stores bile - the fluid produced by the liver which helps to break down food. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Endoscopic Ultrasound Accurately Detects Bile Duct Stones Endoscopic Ultrasound Accurately Detects Bile Duct Stones
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is somewhat more accurate than magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) for diagnosing choledocholithiasis, researchers from Canada report.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines - July 6, 2017 Category: Radiology Tags: Radiology News Source Type: news
Artificial bile ducts grown in lab & transplanted into mice could help treat liver disease
(University of Cambridge) Cambridge scientists have developed a new method for growing and transplanting artificial bile ducts that could in future be used to help treat liver disease in children, reducing the need for liver transplantation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
