Mayo Scrubs HCQ Data; Pharmacy Walkout Averted; Springsteen's Peptic Ulcer Disease
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Mayo Clinic's hydroxychloroquine webpage was taken down after a former Trump official cited it to justify it as a COVID-19 treatment. (Becker's Hospital Review... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 28, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Cancer Risk in NAFLD Higher With Early Disease Onset
(MedPage Today) -- The risk for cancer in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was highest among those with early-onset disease and declined at later ages of diagnosis, a matched cohort study found.
Examining more than 60,000... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 28, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
When Screening Guidelines Collide, Who Wins?
(MedPage Today) -- Normally, I like titles of articles to tell me what the conclusion is. But in this case, I'd like the audience to come up with their own ending. The issue at hand is the recent guidance by the American College of Physicians ... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 26, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
COVID Conspiracies Return; Norovirus on the Hiking Trail; 2nd Pig Heart Transplanted
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As cases of COVID increase yet again, so too have the pandemic conspiracies. (The Hill)
President Biden signed into law legislation that seeks to reform the U.S... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 25, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Fewer Serious Problems With Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal Than Robotic Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- Rates of bile duct injury a year after gallbladder removal surgery were lower with laparoscopic procedures than robotic-assisted ones, a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries found.
Robotic-assisted cholecystectomy was... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 21, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Delaying Esophageal Cancer Surgery After Neoadjuvant CRT Fails in Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Prolonging the time to surgery following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for esophageal cancer failed to improve histological complete response rates and may even worsen overall survival (OS), according to results from the... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 19, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Could Cetuximab Maintenance Play a Role in RAS Wild-Type Metastatic CRC?
(MedPage Today) -- Maintenance therapy with cetuximab (Erbitux) after FOLFIRI (leucovorin, fluorouracil, and irinotecan) plus cetuximab induction therapy led to better outcomes for patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 18, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Child Develops Voluminous Diarrhea After Amoxicillin
(MedPage Today) -- Discordant test results complicate diagnosis of suspected C. difficile (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 18, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Non-Erosive GERD May Not Increase Risk of Esophageal Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) appear to have a similar incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma as the general population, according to a large Nordic population-based cohort study with up to... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 18, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Study Links Being Breastfed to Cancer Risk in Adulthood
(MedPage Today) -- Additional evidence for a possible link between breastfeeding and colorectal cancer (CRC) was found in a large cohort study.
In two prospective cohorts of 158,696 women followed for more than 20 years, being breastfed in infancy... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 8, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Adding Regorafenib in First-Line 'Promising' in Gastric Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Adding regorafenib (Stivarga) to a standard first-line chemoimmunotherapy regimen for HER2-negative metastatic esophagogastric cancer demonstrated "promising" activity in a single-arm phase II study, according to researchers... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 6, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Positive Airway Pressure Linked to Less Late-Night Heartburn Problems
(MedPage Today) -- Positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was linked to reduced respiratory symptoms and nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux (nGER), an Icelandic study found.
After 2 years, full PAP users reported... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 1, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Positive Airway Pressure Linked to Less Late-Night Heart Burn Problems
(MedPage Today) -- Positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was linked to reduced respiratory symptoms and nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux (nGER), an Icelandic study found.
After 2 years, full PAP users reported... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - September 1, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Atopic Dermatitis Linked to Increased IBD Risk in Adults and Kids
(MedPage Today) -- Both children and adults with atopic dermatitis have an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a population-based cohort study.
In fully adjusted models, kids with atopic dermatitis had a 44% increased... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 30, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
AI-Aided Colonoscopy Flops for Advanced Neoplasia Detection in Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) computer-aided detection systems (CADe) into colonoscopy does not improve rates of advanced neoplasia detection, according to two studies in Annals of Internal Medicine.
In the randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 29, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
