BBC News - Feb 21, 2006 A US team found chewing gum seemed to speed up the return of normal bowel function, and therefore help shorten hospital stays. ...
USA Today - Dec 14, 2005 The results did not show such a benefit for most open surgery patients, though it did for Ankrom. McCormick says the effect of chewing gum on ...
New York Times - Feb 28, 2006 Chewing gum after surgery may make hospital stays shorter for patients who ... All had undergone colon surgery. The group that chewed gum recovered bowel ...
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Sun-Times - HighBeam Research - Dec 15, 2006 Other studies showed no benefit, other than patients enjoyed chewing gum after surgery. The bottom line is that it probably doesn't help, but it doesn't ...
wtopnews.com - Dec 15, 2005 The results did not show such a benefit for most open surgery patients, though it did for Ankrom. McCormick says the effect of chewing gum on ...
go.com - Oct 27, 2005 October 27, 2005 -- A new study gives doctors and patients something to chew on. People who have had laparoscopic colon surgery may be able to hasten their ...
HealthCentral.com - Feb 20, 2006 By Amanda Gardner. MONDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Hundreds of millions of dollars racked up by longer-than-necessary hospital stays after intestinal ...
Medgadget.com - Oct 28, 2005 You either love or hate chewing gum, but who can now argue against it being useful? A recently conducted study shows that patients who use chewing gum have ...
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Feb 19, 2007 Abdominal surgery can stop or slow the workings of the intestines, and people can't usually eat right away. Chewing gum instead may, like chewing food, ...
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - HighBeam Research - Apr 26, 2007 Chewing gum can speed up recovery after colon surgery. (News: clinical digest: a weekly round-up of the latest research and scientific reports from the ...
