The relationship between the different symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease remain markedly obscure due to the high underlying non-linearity and the lack of studies focusing on the problem. Aim of this study was to evaluate the hidden relationships between the triad of symptoms related to gastro-oesophageal reflux disease using advanced mathematical techniques, borrowed from the artifi...

Microencapsulation as one of the most modern methods has considerable effects on probiotic survival. In this study Lactobacillus casei (ATCC 39392) and Bifidobacterium bifidum (ATCC 29521) were encapsulated using calcium alginate-gelatinized starch, chitosan coating and inulin via emulsion technique, and were incubated in simulated gastric juice (along with pepsin, pH=1.5) and simulated intesti...

BACKGROUND Studies on the use of low-dose proton pump inhibitor for the maintenance therapy of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease have shown that it might be comparable with standard-dose proton pump inhibitor treatment and superior to standard-dose histamine-2 receptor antagonist therapy. AIM To compare the impact of standard-dose histamine-2 receptor antagonist, low-dose proton pump inhibito...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is accompanied by gastro-intestinal symptoms; and IgA and IgM responses directed against lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of commensal bacteria, indicating bacterial translocation. METHODS This study was carried out to examine gastro-intestinal symptoms in subjects with ME/CFS versus those with chronic fati...

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This paper describes a study of the epidemiology and the aetiology of infantile enteritis in two of the nine divisions into which the County of London is divided for day-to-day administration. The two divisions comprised the metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Kensington, Hampstead, Paddington, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, and Westminster, with a total population of 994,000 a...