Diarrhea
New research on diarrhea from Chiang Mai University, Department of Radiology summarized
Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 17th, 2010
Fresh data on diarrhea are presented in the report 'Randomized controlled trial of live lactobacillus acidophilus plus bifidobacterium bifidum in prophylaxis of diarrhea during radiotherapy in cervical cancer patients.' According to a study from Chiang Mai, Thailand, "Radiation-induced diarrhea is frequently observed during pelvic radiotherapy. This study was performed to determine the ability of a probiotic containing live lactobacillus acidophilus plus bifidobacterium bifidum to reduce the incidence of radiation-induced diarrhea in locally advanced cervical cancer patients."
"Patients who were undergoing pelvic radiotherapy concurrent with weekly cisplatin were...
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