View Large Image Figure ViewerDownload Hi-res image Download (PPT)View (PPT) Research is limited regarding the prevalence of drug-induced movement disorders in residents long-term care (LTC) facilities. By contrast, there extensive literature documenting that this population typically at a higher risk for disorders: both median age LTC and increased use pharmacological interventions contribute ...

BACKGROUND Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) can mimic symptoms of common gastrointestinal (GI) disorders but responds well to appropriate treatment. Accurate diagnosis is central to effective management. Data on EG in Southeast Asia is lacking. We aim to describe the clinical profiles and treatment outcomes of adult patients with EG in a Singapore Tertiary Hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thi...

Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders often manifest similar symptoms with overlapping clinical diagnosis and unmet medical needs. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has history-proven benefits for GI diseases; albeit language barrier prevents Western readers from accessing the original reports in Chinese. The TCM formula Si-Ni-San (SNS) consists of 4 herbs targeting on homeostatic disturbances chara...

Gastrointestinal (GI) sensory-motor abnormalities are common in patients with diabetes mellitus and may involve any part of the GI tract. Abnormalities are frequently sub-clinical, and fortunately only rarely do severe and life-threatening problems occur. The pathogenesis of abnormal upper GI sensory-motor function in diabetes is incompletely understood and is most likely multi-factorial of ori...

Allergy and eosinophilia in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are not equivalent. GI eosinophilia is associated with infections (parasites), nutritional deficiencies, inflammatory processes, neoplasias, and systemic disorders. However, in addition to eosinophilia, other histologic changes usually accompany the increased number of eosinophils in most of these conditions. In contrast, there is a gr...

Around 2–4 in 1,000 people in Northern Europe have ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease (Rubin 2000). Both are chronic, relapsing, inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract with several shared clinical features, but with largely distinct risk factors, genetic, immunological, anatomical and histological features, and response to therapy (DTB 2003). Their treatment, which includes med...

Around 2–4 in 1,000 people in Northern Europe have ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease (Rubin 2000). Both are chronic, relapsing, inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract with several shared clinical features, but with largely distinct risk factors, genetic, immunological, anatomical and histological features, and response to therapy (DTB 2003). Their treatment, which includes med...

Functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are clinical syndromes characterized by chronic or relapsing GI symptoms in the absence of structural or biochemical abnormalities that can be identified following a standard diagnostic work-up. The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia (FD) are the best recognized functional bowel disorders and both these disorders are highly prevale...