Digestive Health Nutrition

Pancreatitis is often a fatal condition, in which the pancreas digests itself and surrounding tissue. Scientists have previously found that alcohol can trigger the condition by combining with fatty acids in the pancreas, which leads to an excessive release of stored calcium ions. Once calcium ions enter cell fluid in the pancreas it activates digestive enzymes and damages the cells.

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Here are the Swiss Association for Nutrition’s recommendations for correct nutrition for pregnant mothers. If followed, they will fully protect the health of the mother and provide optimal growth and development of her unborn baby.

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The AGA Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN) has named Michael Y. Choi , MD, the first recipient of the Mary Terese Hartzheim Award for Neuroendocrine Tumor Research. This new research award was created for young investigators interested in researching carcinoid or neuroendocrine tumors. Dr.

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A happy belly and grateful gut are just a few simple lifestyle changes away.

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Gregory G. Germino, M.D., a world-renowned expert in inherited kidney disease, has been appointed as deputy director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, NIDDK Director Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., has announced.

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Events at senior citizens centers in Washington County, Md., and Franklin County, Pa.:

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Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, summed up all nutritional research in 3 simple principles: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

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Gregory G. Germino, M.D., a world-renowned expert in inherited kidney disease, has been appointed as deputy director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, NIDDK Director Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., has announced.

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