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CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. ( VIVO ), a provider of diagnostic testing solutions and life science raw materials, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business of GenePOC Inc., a Quebec City, Quebec, Canada based provider of molecular diagnostic instruments and assays. Founded in 2007, GenePOC has approximately 100 employees and generated total revenues of less than $1 million in calendar 2018. Meridian has agreed to make a cash payment at closing of the transaction of $50 million with future payments totaling up to an additional $70 million contingent upon the successful achievement of certain technical development milestones and sales thresholds. Strategic Fit and Rationale With the acquisition, Meridian will be getting GenePOC’s state-of-the art revogene TM molecular diagnostics platform, which offers sample to result testing for single tests, as well as flexible multiplexing capability. The Company believes revogen...

Anatara Lifesciences Limited (ASX:ANR) CEO, Steven Lydeamore talks about the company's clinical studies program and its lead Gastrointestinal Reprogramming Product (GaRP) for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Anna Napoli: Welcome to the Finance News Network, I’m Anna Napoli and joining me now from Anatara Lifesciences (ASX:ANR) is CEO, Steven Lydeamore. Steve, welcome to FNN. Steven Lydeamore: Thank you. Anna Napoli: First up Steve, can we start with a quick introduction to the company? Steven Lydeamore: Anatara Lifesciences was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2014 to develop and commercialise an animal health product based on bromelain. It was successfully developed and approved and licensed to Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS), the world’s largest global animal health company. We’ve transitioned to human health and are presently working in the area of gastrointestinal disease. Anna Napoli: Before we talk about your lead product in mo...

Sophie Balzora Darrell Gray II Much like medicine in general, the field of gastroenterology is largely not representative of the patient population to which it provides care. That is why the American College of Gastroenterology is launching #DiversityinGI, a social media campaign designed to promote inclusion in gastroenterology and motivate more people with diverse backgrounds to pursue careers in the field. The effort is being spearheaded by Sophie Balzora, MD, FACG, of the NYU School of Medicine and chair of the ACG’s Public Relations Committee, and Darr e ll Gray II, MD, MPH, FACG, of The Ohio State University College of Medicine and chair of the ACG’s Committee on Minority Affairs & Cultural Diversity. They started brainstorming the idea for the campaign at last year’s ACG Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. “We had the idea of getting the entire college involved and to run this campaign on social media,” Balzora told Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease . “Socia...

According to a new study appearing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine , energy drink consumption in the United States has increased substantially over the past decade among adolescents, young adults, and middle-aged adults. Advertisement Energy drink consumers had significantly higher total caffeine intake compared with non-consumers, and the beverages represented a majority of their total daily caffeine. While the findings indicate that daily intake among adolescents and middle-aged adults may be leveling off and overall use across all groups is relatively limited, use by young adults continues to rise steadily. "The increasing use of energy drinks, especially among young adults, is cause for concern and warrants continued study and surveillance," explained senior author Sara N. Bleich, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. "Although the beverages are marketed to reduce fatigue and impr...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, have found, in mice, that treatment with an antibiotic reduces the size of lesions caused by endometriosis. The researchers are planning a large, multicenter clinical trial to test the drug metronidazole in women who have the painful condition. The study is published online April 30 in the journal Human Reproduction . Advertisement Endometriosis is a chronic problem for up to 10% of women ages 25 to 40. About 5 million women in the United States and an estimated 176 million women worldwide are believed to be affected. The condition results from uterine cells migrating upward into the stomach area, where those cells clump together to form lesions. In addition to pain, endometriosis often contributes to fertility problems. Current treatment strategies include hormone therapy and surgery, but both approaches involve significant side effects and recurrence after treatment. Studying mice, the researchers found t...

Transplanting human donor fecal microbiota into the colon of a patient infected with Clostridioides difficile ( C. diff ) may be the best treatment for those not helped by C. diff -targeted antibiotics, according to an article in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association . Advertisement C. diff is the most common health-care-acquired infection in the United States. It affects nearly half a million patients each year and becomes a recurring infection for nearly a third of them. If untreated, C. diff can lead to sepsis and death. "Twenty-five years ago, C. diff infections were easier to manage and often resolved with discontinuation of the initiating antibiotic," says Robert Orenstein, DO, an infectious disease specialist at Mayo Clinic and lead author on this article. "However, these infections have become increasingly common and pernicious." The standard and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatment for C. diff is a course of ora...

While fecal microbiota transplantation has long been established as a treatment for adult patients with Clostridioides difficile infection , data from a study revealed that it is also safe and effective in pediatric patients. Stacy A. Kahn, MD, of Boston Children's Hospital, and colleagues wrote in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology that C. diff has become increasingly recognized in younger patients, but concerns about treating it with FMT still remain. “Alterations in the microbiome have been associated with the development of autoimmune, metabolic, and psychiatric diseases,” they wrote. “The implications of altering the microbiome at such an early age in development make these safety concerns particularly relevant to pediatric patients and warrant further investigation.” Researchers performed a retrospective study comprising 335 patients aged between 11 months and 23 years who underwent FMT between 2004 and 2019 and had at least 2 months of outcome data. They wanted...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found, in mice, that treatment with an antibiotic reduces the size of lesions caused by endometriosis. The researchers are planning a large, multicenter clinical trial to test the drug metronidazole in women who have the painful condition. The study is published online April 30 in the journal Human Reproduction . Endometriosis is a chronic problem for up to 10 percent of women ages 25 to 40. About 5 million women in the United States and an estimated 176 million women worldwide are believed to be affected. The condition results from uterine cells migrating upward into the stomach area, where those cells clump together to form lesions. In addition to pain, endometriosis often contributes to fertility problems. Current treatment strategies include hormone therapy and surgery, but both approaches involve significant side effects and recurrence after treatment. Studying mice, the researchers found that treating ...

* Tonight on TNT:   Game 2, Sixers vs. Raptors (8 ET) UPDATE (7:50 ET) Reports out of Philadelphia indicate Joel Embiid is available to play in Game 2 vs. Toronto. The Sixers say Joel Embiid is available to play Game 2. — Dave McMenamin (@mcten) April 29, 2019 * * * A bout of gastroenteritis kept Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid from participating in the team's shootaround this morning. He is probable for Game 2 of the Sixers' Eastern Conference semifinal series with Toronto , which the Raptors lead 1-0. However, Embiid's illness is not expected to sideline him tonight. Embiid has stomach flu and was not at Sixers shootaroond this AM ... is listed as probable for Game 2. — Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) April 29, 2019 #Sixers center @JoelEmbiid is listed as probable with gastroenteritis. He is back at the team hotel and will not participate in today’s shootaround. — Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) April 29, 2019 Joel Embiid (gastroenteritis) is not a...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Joel Embiid on Game 2 illness: 'If you've had the s---s before, you'd know how it feels'    Yahoo Finance Embiid made it to the floor after his status was in question before the game due to gastroenteritis, a stomach virus. When asked after the game about his virus, ... https://yhoo.it/2J3BeNz

It is hot outside! Not just summer related gastrointestinal diseases, sweltering heat also brings along skin diseases. As temperature is set to further increase in the coming days, the autoimmune skin disease called skin lupus and fungal infections, allergies, sun burn, tanning, rashes and pigmentation will also start to shoot up. There's been an alarming increase of skin diseases in the city. In hospitals, around 40 to 50 per cent of OPD patients are those suffering from skin illness, sun burn, fungal and bacterial infections. At the rheumatology department All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), doctors are witnessing many patients suffering from Lupus or Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SKIN CONDITION There's a difference between autoimmune skin disease and normal skin condition. (Prof) Dr Uma Kumar, head of rheumatology department at AIIMS explained how autoimmune skin disease differs from another normal skin condition. "In our rheumatology department, ...

COLLEGE STATION — As every cat owner knows, hairballs are not very pleasant for the cat or the person who cleans them up. They can also be an indication of other health issues, especially if they are happening frequently. In honor of National Hairball Awareness Day, April 26, Dr. Carly Patterson, a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, discusses the causes of hairballs and how to reduce their occurrence. She said that while any cat can get hairballs, they tend to be most common in long-haired cats. “There are two basic mechanisms by which hairballs are generated,” Patterson said. “Hairballs form when too much hair accumulates in the cat’s gastrointestinal tract or when there is a change in overall gastrointestinal tract motility.” Frequent hairballs can be a sign of an underlying disease or health issue, so if a cat is having hairballs regularly, it should see a veterinarian. “Cats may have itchy ski...

A bill to close Tennessee’s raw milk loophole is dead, killed when it was assigned to the General Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee. The Tennessee General Assembly is now just hours away from adjournment for the year. It is not doing anything about 2018’s Knox County outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that severely sickened 15 children. The Knox County Health Department blamed the outbreak on both consumption of raw milk and contact with farm animals. Raw milk from French Broad Farm was linked 10 of the illnesses. Goats at Kids Place Inc. in Mascot, TN, were connected to the other five cases. While the 2018 outbreak was complicated by its dual sources and strains, it was a very severe event, according to public health officials. One victim suffered permanent brain damage. The 2018 outbreak was similar to an outbreak in 2013 that involved nine Tennessee children who were sickened with E. coli O157:H7. Four of those victims were hospitalized and thee developed a type ...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] HEALTH 2019: Riverpark Medical Center welcomes new gastroenterologist - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper | Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper    Natchez Democrat Tillman Medical Group has long been the Gastroenterology Division at Riverpark Medical Center in Vidalia and now the group has a new up-to-date partner, Dr. http://bit.ly/2IOM0I7

Silver Spring, MD, April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Digestive Care has announced it will reopen its Glenn Dale, MD office to serve patients in Prince George’s County.  Five of the area’s top gastroenterologists will begin receiving patients on May 3rd, 2019 at 12150 Annapolis Road in Suite 309. They are experienced at evaluating and treating patients for everything from common GI health issues to complex conditions - including colorectal cancer, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, gallbladder disease, liver disease and more. About Capital Digestive Care: Founded in 2009, Capital Digestive Care is a Washington, DC metropolitan-based health care provider with a focus on gastroenterology and hepatology.  With 16 office locations, its physicians treat a wide range of conditions - from heartburn to constipation to fatty liver disease - and offer critical services for the prevention of colon cancer. Capital Digestive Care’s in...

Sindh govt facing difficulty in hiring specialists for tertiary hospitals Sindh Secretary Health Saeed Awan said Saturday that the provincial government was facing immense difficulties in hiring trained and qualified medical specialists for its tertiary-care hospitals in the province so its needed cooperation and support from the private health sector and NGOs to provide quality health facilities to the people. “The provision of health facilities and services to people is the responsibility of the government, but due to financial constraints, the provincial government cannot fulfil this task alone. We very need much support and cooperation from the private sector, NGOs and medical community to meet the health needs of our people,” Saeed Awan said while speaking at the 2nd Annual Conference of Pak GI and Liver Disease (PGLDS) Society at a local hotel. Dozens of international and international speakers from Azerbaijan, Middle Eastern and European countries are presenting their papers ...

Among the top gastroenterology stories last week were efforts to determine how clinicians can use therapeutic drug monitoring to improve treatment for inflammatory bowel disease and study results that suggested residual confounding may be responsible for previously identified differences in adenoma detection rates and proximal sessile serrated polyp detection rates during colonoscopy. Other highlights included the development of a new algorithm that helped assess risk for villous atrophy in children that might have celiac disease, a study that found an inpatient protocol standardized ulcerative colitis care and a study that concluded that elderly patients with inflammatory bowel disease had a higher risk for infection because of their age and other factors. Finding consensus for biologic therapeutic drug monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease Biologic therapies have changed the way inflammatory bowel disease is treated, but subtherapeutic drug concentrations still result in loss...

VIENNA — In this exclusive video from the International Liver Congress 2019, Sujal Shah, MS, MBA, president and CEO of CymBay Therapeutics, discusses the results of a phase 2 study presented at the meeting as well as other studies currently in the midst of enrolling patients. “The data [at the International Liver Congress] demonstrates additional data sets that show effects as well as safety overall being comparable for patients with [primary biliary cholangitis] who are non-cirrhotic as well as those that have compensated cirrhosis,” Shah told Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease . “The breadth of data that we have shared at multiple meetings over the past 2 years in fact has supported breakthrough therapy designation as well as prime designation for seladelpar [CymBay Therapeutics] in the setting of PBC and also supported a global phase 3 registration study that is now enrolling patients that are either inadequate responders to [ursodeoxycholic acid] or intolerant to UDCA.” ...

By Associated Press April 27 at 3:43 AM Miami Marlins (8-18, fifth in the NL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (14-12, first in the NL East) Philadelphia; Saturday, 6 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Trevor Richards (0-3, 3.72 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 28 strikeouts) Phillies: Jake Arrieta (0-2, 2.65 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 25 strikeouts) LINE: Phillies favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Phillies are 11-8 against NL East teams. Philadelphia’s team on-base percentage of .322 is sixth in the league. Rhys Hoskins leads the lineup with an OBP of .400. The Marlins are 5-9 against the rest of their division. Miami has slugged .329, last in in the MLB. Jorge Alfaro leads the team with a .464 slugging percentage. The Phillies won the last meeting 4-0. Jerad Eickhoff earned his first victory and Bryce Harper went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs for Philadelphia. Jose Urena took his fourth loss for Miami. TOP PERFORMERS: Hoskins leads the Phillies with seven hom...

As every cat owner knows, hairballs are not very pleasant for the cat or the person who cleans them up. They can also be an indication of other health issues, especially if they are happening frequently. In honor of National Hairball Awareness Day on April 26, Dr. Carly Patterson, a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, discusses the causes of hairballs and how to reduce their occurrence. She said that while any cat can get hairballs, they tend to be most common in long-haired cats. “There are two basic mechanisms by which hairballs are generated,” Patterson said. “Hairballs form when too much hair accumulates in the cat’s gastrointestinal tract or when there is a change in overall gastrointestinal tract motility.” Frequent hairballs can be a sign of an underlying disease or health issue, so if a cat is having hairballs regularly, it should see a veterinarian. “Cats may have itchy skin and groom excessively,...

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It’s hard to imagine that an estimated 51,000 or more individuals will lose their lives to colorectal cancer in 2019. It’s hard to imagine because it is one of the few cancers that can be screened for, detected and prevented at an early stage so individuals do not have to suffer, and ultimately die, from this disease.  Steven Edmundowicz In honor of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, I, along with other physician leaders of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), American Gastroenterological Association and American College of Gastroenterology, visited Capitol Hill to provide an outline on colorectal cancer risk factors, explain the differences among colorectal cancer screening options, and highlight barriers to screening at a special briefing for congressional staff. The briefing was exceptionally well-attended, and our visit seemed to be an effective way to connect with congressional lawmakers. ASGE has continually focused on getting ...