ALLMedicine™ Lactose Intolerance Center

May 10th, 2022 - Probiotics are defined by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) as "living microorganisms that, properly administrated, confers a benefit on individual's health". Probiotics definition it's...

May 5th, 2022 - Malabsorption syndromes are a heterogenous group of conditions that can cause distressing gastrointestinal symptoms. Celiac disease is most common and is triggered by exposure to gluten. Tissue transglutaminase immunoglobulin A is the diagnostic t...

Mar 25th, 2022 - Approximately two-thirds of adults are genetically predisposed to decreased lactase activity after weaning, putting them at risk of lactose intolerance. However, symptoms are a poor marker of lactose maldigestion. We assessed association between s...

Mar 24th, 2022 - Lactose intolerance (LI) is the failure to digest foods and beverages containing the lactose present in milk. LI can present by many digestive symptoms. To validate the modified CoMiSS score for prediction of LI, that was confirmed by a stool acid...

Mar 8th, 2022 - We describe a case of a 38-year-old woman who, after radioactive iodine therapy for Graves' disease, developed severe hypothyroidism despite receiving a high dose of levothyroxine (L-T4) tablet as replacement therapy. Her thyroid stimulating hormo...

May 10th, 2022 - Probiotics are defined by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) as "living microorganisms that, properly administrated, confers a benefit on individual's health". Probiotics definition it's...

Nov 15th, 2021 - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a frequently encountered disorder. According to the Rome IV criteria, it is characterized by abdominal pain associated with a change in stool frequency or con-sistency, or with symptomatic improvement by defecatio...

Sep 28th, 2021 - Lactose malabsorption is a common condition due to lactase deficiency which results in gastrointestinal symptoms for many which is termed lactose intolerance. Lactase is an enzyme occurring in the intestinal mucosa that hydrolyzes lactose into its...

May 4th, 2021 - Phase I - Control group. The standard of care will be provided to the control group pre- and post-transplant. This does not involve any direct pre-transplant assessment of medication adherence or risk factors for non-adherence. Tacrolimus capsules...

Dec 1st, 2020 - This is a case control study involving participants who fulfilled the Rome III criteria for constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. The patients were recruited from the Gastroenterology clinic at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical C...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Dairy consumption does not improve bone mineral density (BMD) or reduce the risk of osteoporotic fracture in women charting menopause, a new analysis of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) indicates. And this was regardless of bas...

Aug 7th, 2018 - The breath hydrogen test is the diagnostic test of choice for lactose intolerance. It measures lactose malabsorption and is simple to perform, is noninvasive, and has a sensitivity and specificity that are superior to the absorption test. Individu...

Jun 29th, 2017 - Standard treatment for giardiasis consists of antibiotic therapy. Metronidazole is the most commonly prescribed antibiotic for this condition. However, metronidazole use has been associated with significant failure rates in clearing parasites from...

Nov 30th, 2016 - There is insufficient evidence to back the widespread perception that the prevalence of food allergies is rising, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. No study in the United States has been conducte...

Nov 11th, 2016 - Adverse reactions to food that are not immune mediated are not considered to be food allergies. An example is lactose intolerance, which is caused by a deficiency of lactase. Adverse reactions to foods can also occur from toxic (eg, bacterial food...