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About Gastroparesis

Gastroparesis This tough looking word, pronounced gas-tro-par-EES-is, is simple enough in its meaning. Gastro means stomach. Paresis means weakness. Gastroparesis is a weak stomach. This condition is very common. How the Stomach Works To understand gastroparesis, you first must understand how the stomach functions. The stomach has two parts. The upper portion is called the [...]

Vitamin E Improves Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Supplementation with the natural form of vitamin E (RRR-α-tocopherol) has beneficial effects in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), according to findings from a late-breaking study reported here at The Liver Meeting 2009: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 60th Annual Meeting. The findings, from a prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, support those from [...]