Hepatic encephalopathy is a complication of advanced liver disease that causes a dementia-like state. Standard treatment with lactulose and rifaximin often results in a lack of patient response, ...
A barium X-ray (frontal view) of the colon of a 41-year-old man. Photo by the Science Photo Library is an internal medicine doctor at NYU Langone Health, with an MFA in non-fiction from Columbia ...
Background: The prebiotic potential of lactulose is well established and preclinical studies demonstrated a protective effect of lactulose in murine models of colitis. The aim of the present study ...