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Management of Eating Disorders in Children and Teens Reviewed  -  Oct 17, 2007
Medscape (subscription)...diabetes, or other physical or psychological illnesses; organic causes of diarrhea, such as idiopathic steatorrhea or inflammatory bowel disease;

Ask the doc  -  Aug 4, 2007
Hindu,Ajay Answer: Irregular smelly, soft or loose stools suggest that fat content of stools is high; a condition called steatorrhea.

Axcan Pharma Submits Complete New Drug Application for ULTRASE  -  Aug 2, 2007
CNNMoney.com...study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of ULTRASE MT20 to placebo in the correction of steatorrhea in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Celiac Disease difficult to describe, diagnose  -  Aug 5, 2007
KPCnews.com,In between these two extremes lie a wide variety of symptoms that include: diarrhea, constipation, steatorrhea (fatty stools that float rather than sink),

Holding out hope  -  Jul 14, 2007
Ludington Daily News,...raised, waxy growths of cholesterol deposits in the skin; digestive problems — including diarrhea and steatorrhea; and urinary tract infections.

Eurand's Zentase(TM) Effective in Treating Exocrine Pancreatic ...  -  Jun 19, 2007
netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe),The most commonly reported AEs for either group were abdominal pain, flatulence, abdominal distension, abnormal feces and steatorrhea.

Bread and Pasta Intolerance  -  Jan 31, 2007
KGET 17,Common symptoms include: abdominal cramping, intestinal gas, distention and bloating, chronic diarrhea or constipation, steatorrhea -- fatty stools,

Investigational Drug Has Success Against Familial Hypercholesterolemia  -  Jan 10, 2007
MedPage Today,...because the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibited by the study drug is used by the intestine and its absence could cause steatorrhea.

A Stain in Time  -  Jan 3, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),The patient has evidence of severe malabsorption with frank steatorrhea. Celiac disease may cause this condition and can develop in middle age.

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