Within the past year on the Third (Boston University) Surgical Service at the Boston City Hospital we have seen 2 cases of acute mechanical small-bowel obstruction with serum amylase values in the ...

A recent Food Research International study determines whether the intake of sweetened beverages affects the levels of salivary insulin, aspartame, alpha-amylase (AMI), and total protein (TP). Study: ...

Radiation Research, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Apr., 1973), pp. 141-151 (11 pages) Serum and urinary amylase levels in cancer patients were studied before and after radiation treatment. Fourteen patients ...

THE increased concentration of plasma amylase during chronic renal insufficiency has long been recognized and is considered to be a result of renal excretory failure. Plasma amylase is reported to ...

Alex Whan, Anne-Sophie Dielen, Jos Mieog, Andrew F. Bowerman, Hannah M. Robinson, Keren Byrne, Michelle Colgrave, Philip J. Larkin, Crispin A. Howitt, Matthew K ...

Scientists have identified the first biochemical marker linked to sleep loss, an enzyme in saliva known as amylase, which increases in activity when sleep deprivation is prolonged. Scientists have ...

As wheat harvesting season comes to an end, farmers brace for a potential threat to their crop that costs tens of millions of dollars each year. High levels of alpha-amylase protein in wheat can lead ...

The incidence of pancreatitis ranges from 1 in 1,066 live births [30] to 1 in 3,333 pregnancies. [31] The most common predisposing cause of pancreatic symptoms during pregnancy is cholelithiasis (i.e.

If a patient presents with nausea and epigastric pain, the cause may well be acute pancreatitis. Here is how the condition is diagnosed and treated. Pancreatitis has a unique pathologic mechanism ...

In four separate studies of mothers and their infants, preschoolers, kids and teens, a multi-university research team has shown, for the first time, that a simple test of a little drool can provide ...