Treating Kids' HCV Early May Boost Lifetime Health Outcomes and Save Money
(MedPage Today) -- Treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) earlier in kids was associated with better lifetime clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs compared with deferring treatment, a modeling study showed. Projected life expectancy was longest... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - March 11, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Can Gut Microbiota Predict Multifactorial Disease Risk? Can Gut Microbiota Predict Multifactorial Disease Risk?
Research suggested that bacteria alone do not play an important role in determining disease risk.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Higher Dietary Niacin Tied to Lower Mortality Risk in MASLD Higher Dietary Niacin Tied to Lower Mortality Risk in MASLD
The analysis of NHANES data found no evidence of an inverse association between dietary niacin intake and the risk for cardiovascular disease mortality.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Healthy Lifestyle Linked to Lower Risk for IBS Healthy Lifestyle Linked to Lower Risk for IBS
Adhering to a higher number of modifiable lifestyle behaviors related to smoking, sleeping, physical activity, diet, and alcohol consumption may lower the risk for irritable bowel syndrome.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Study Sounds Alert About GLP-1 RA Use and Aspiration Risk Study Sounds Alert About GLP-1 RA Use and Aspiration Risk
Patients on a weekly GLP-1 RA had a higher prevalence of increased residual gastric content before surgery, a major risk factor for aspiration under anesthesia, a small study found.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news

Semaglutide Curbs MASLD Severity in People Living With HIV Semaglutide Curbs MASLD Severity in People Living With HIV
Semaglutide improved MASLD in this population, and weight loss associated with its use resulted in no significant changes in physical function, according to two presentations at CROI.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Cannabis may influence bowel motility
Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises. “Understanding the effects of cannabis and weight loss drugs on gut motility – that is the movement of food throughout the body – is essential for nuclear medicine providers,” said Rutger Gunther, MD, in a March 5 news release from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Gunther, a radiologist at UT Health San Antonio, and colleagues penned an article published in the March issue of the J...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news

Semaglutide Cuts Liver Disease Severity in People With HIV
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Semaglutide (Ozempic) reduced the amount of liver fat by nearly a third in people with HIV and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), the open-label phase IIb SLIM LIVER study showed. In... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - March 9, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Vitamin D Not Tied to Clinical, Histologic Features of EoE Vitamin D Not Tied to Clinical, Histologic Features of EoE
Vitamin D status is unlikely to affect the clinical presentation of adults newly diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitisMedscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 8, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

March 8, 2018: Meeting of the Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement - 03/07/2018
(Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 8, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

One-Week GLP-1 Agonist Hold Not Enough Before Anesthesia?
(MedPage Today) -- Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was linked with increased residual gastric content on preprocedural gastric ultrasonography, even after fasting for the guideline-recommended duration, a cross-sectional study showed. In 124 patients... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Hold off on the Egg McMuffins before GES tests, experts say
Nuclear medicine technologists are being advised that not just any meal works for patients before gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES), a common imaging procedure to evaluate how ingested food moves through the stomach. In a recent article published March 1 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, Jena-Lee McKee, of Dyersburg Hospital in Tennessee, and Mary Beth Farrell, of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission in Ellicott City, Maryland, advised technologists that special-order meals will not deliver accurate results and will serve up a “buffet of confusion” and irreproducible results. “Stop squirting Tc...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 7, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Nuclear Medicine Radiologic Technologist Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news

Decoding the Gut-Immune Connection During Pregnancy Decoding the Gut-Immune Connection During Pregnancy
During pregnancy, certain gut microbes significantly increase in number and may interact with the host metabolites to suppress the immune system, suggested a recent study.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Validated COuGH RefleX Score Can Predict Likelihood of GERD
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 -- The validated Cough, Overweight/Obesity, Globus, Hiatal Hernia, Regurgitation, and Male Sex (COuGH RefluX) score can predict the likelihood of proven gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with chronic... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 6, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

More Evidence Linking H. Pylori Infection to Colorectal Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- A history of Helicobacter pylori infection had a modest but statistically significant association with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), including fatal CRC, a large retrospective analysis showed. Already a causative... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - March 6, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news