Valentina Sini1, Francesca De Iuliis2, Lorena Rossi3, Gianluigi Lunardi4, Antonello Menghi5, Irene Pecorella6, Rosina Lanza5, Susanna Scarpa2 1Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Via di Grottarossa, Rome 2Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Viale Regina Elena, Rome 3Department of Oncology, San Giovanni Calibita Hospital, Rome 4Department of Onc...

M. Capone1 and G. Kotliar2 1INFM-SMC and Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via dei Taurini 19, I-00185, Rome, Italy and Physics Department, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Piazzale A. Moro 5, I-00185, Rome, Italy 2Physics Department and Center for Materials Theory, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA Received 9 March 2006; published 30 Augus...

BACKGROUND Constipation is a chronic problem in many patients all over the world. OBJECTIVE - To evaluate the effect of consumption of a probiotic fermented milk beverage containing Bifidobacterium animalis on the symptoms of constipation. METHODS - This randomized, double-blind controlled trial included 49 female patients aged 20 to 50 years and diagnosed with constipation according to the...

introduction and aim: gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) are important diseases, which are increasing in frequency and capable of impairing the quality of life to the same extent or even more than severe organic gastrointestinal diseases. these disorders have a significant burden on the health care system. the aim of this study was to determine the prevale...

1Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; 2Transfusion Medicine Unit, Monopoli; 3University Department of Paediatrics and Childhood Neuropsychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; 4Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care, Di Venere Hospital, Bari; 5Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haematology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matt...

1 Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 2 Technical Research Centre for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living (CETpD), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, 3 Sense4Care, Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain, 4 Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 5 Istituto ...

Luigi Pacciani, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Immacolata Donnarumma, and Antonio Stamerra INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziale, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy INAF-Oservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807, Merate, Italy INFN sez. Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, via P. Giuria 1,...

Dyspepsia is currently defined by Rome III criteria for the diagnosis of functional gastroin‐ testinal disorders (FGIDs), as the presence of one or more of the following symptoms: both‐ ersome postprandial fullness, early satiation, epigastric pain and epigastric burning [1] These are symptoms thought to originate from the gastroduodenal region. Bloating and nausea often coexist with dyspepsia ...