Digestive enzyme activity is often used as a sensitive response to environmental pollution. However, only little is known about the negative effects of stress on digestive capacities and their consequences on energy reserves and reproduction, although these parameters are important for the maintenance of populations. To highlight if changes in biochemical responses (digestive enzymes and reserv...

Recently, a draft of the report of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases was made available to the public. The Commission was given the task of assessing the current state of science in digestive diseases research, and developing a 10-year plan for digestive diseases research consistent with National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s mission of improving the health of the nation through rese...

Regression analysis of the relationship between the size of interphase and mitotic digestive cells of green hydra, and the numbers and total volume of the symbiotic Chlorella algae they contain showed a partial correlation only, suggesting that numbers of algae per cell are not regulated by limiting them to a specific proportion of the host cell, and that the variation observed in numbers of al...

OBJECTIVE We examined the impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on morbidity and mortality in critically ill children. DATA SOURCES We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, and previous meta-analyses. STUDY SELECTION We included all randomized controlled trials comparing administration of enteral antimicrobials in selective decontaminatio...

The developmental changes in the concentration of 8 essential and non-essential heavy metals (Ag, Cd, Cu, Co, Fe, Pb, V, Zn) in the tissues (digestive gland, cuttlebone and whole animal) of the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis collected in the bay of the river Seine were monitored from the end of the embryogenesis until the adult reproductive stage. Compared to embryos, juveniles after hatch...

The lower digestive tract of animals is often referred to as the hindgut and normally denotes the large intestine, which includes the cecum, colon, and rectum. The cecum is a branch from the junction of the small intestine and colon. There is a great diversity among animals in hindgut morphology, mainly in relation to diet of the animal. Carnivores have a small hindgut and a cecum may be absent...

Pseudoaneurysm of the cystic artery is a very rare entity; only a few cases have been reported in the literature (1). We present the case of a 74-year-old male admitted for pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. The emergency abdominal CT scan showed abnormal structural findings in the gallbladder, with hypodense area, cholelithiasis, and involvement of the fat around the gallbladder....

The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide and the past decade has witnessed an exponential rise in the number of bariatric operations performed. As a consequence, it is expected that an increasing number of patients are likely to be at risk of long term complications that may not manifest until years or decades later. Several studies have investigated the short and long-term complicatio...