Obesity and Gastrointestinal Diseases

Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Gastrointestinal Microbiota: A New Approach to Clinical Studies

Extracellular vesicles, naturally released from all cell types including bacteria, are of great importance in medical microbiology due to transporting a variety of biomaterials, enzymes, and virulence factors, regulating immunity, and having roles in colonization and initiation of signaling pathways. These vesicles are also secreted from microbiota in the gastrointestinal tract and affect the h...

Gastrointestinal effects of Nigella sativa and its main constituent, thymoquinone: a review

Gastrointestinal (GI) diseases affect a large number of people all over the world. Uncontrolled acid secretion and occurrence of gastric ulcers are common disorders of GI tract which pose serious problems to human health. Many synthetic drugs have been used to treat GI disorders but a definite cure has not been discovered so far and the available medications cause several side effects. Nigella ...

Obesity in Women: The Clinical Impact on Gastrointestinal and Reproductive Health and Disease Management.

Approximately 36% of adult women in the United States are obese. Although obesity affects women similarly to men in terms of prevalence, there seem to be gender-specific differences in the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of obesity. Obesity is linked to comorbid diseases involving multiple organ systems, including the gastrointestinal tract, like gastroesophageal reflux ...

A review of the impact of obesity on common gastrointestinal malignancies

Obesity is a global pandemic and is a well-recognized risk factor for various gastrointestinal diseases. The prevalence of obesity is increasing across all age groups. There is an emergent need for focused guidelines aimed at reducing the incidence, prevalence, and associated risks of obesity. The impact of obesity on gastrointestinal cancers being multifactorial adversely influences the associ...

Obesity and the incidence of upper gastrointestinal cancers: an ecological approach to examine differences across age and sex Running title: Obesity and upper GI cancers

Helicobacter pylori infection and osteoporosis in elderly patients

changes (BMD) and osteoporosis .Helico bacter pylori which is a known cause of gastritis and peptic ulcer Osteopprosis is one major cause of bone fracture and subsequent morbidity and mortality in the elderly population. Several clinical and demographic parameters including aging, menopause, parity , inflammatory disease, hormonal, gastrointestinal, renal and metabolic disorders like vitamin D ...