The Effect of a 26-Hour Fast in Living Kidney Donors.

Background: Living kidney donation is widely practiced, and short- and long-term outcomes are acceptable. Within the living kidney donor population there are unique ethnic groups who practice customs that affect kidney function. In Judaism, Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is a 25- to 26-hour fast practiced yearly.

Evidence of intestinal inflammation in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Objectives: Treatment with pancreatic enzymes fails to completely correct malabsorption and gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The aim of the present study was to examine the small intestine of patients with CF without overt evidence of gastrointestinal disease using capsule endoscopy (CE).

Methods: Patients with CF received the agile patency capsule and, depending on the result of that procedure, then underwent standard CE using the PillCam SB capsule (Given Imaging, Yokneam, Israel).