Case Shows Danger of Gallstone Ileus in Patients Over 65
(MedPage Today) -- Clinicians found CT scan to be best diagnostic tool (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - May 2, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Better Cardiorespiratory Endurance Tied to Lower IBD Risk in Kids, Teens
(MedPage Today) -- Better cardiorespiratory endurance was associated with a lower risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among children and adolescents, a nationwide cohort study from Taiwan showed.
Among nearly 1.4 million 10-year-old students... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - May 1, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Sperm Donor Banned Over Incest Fears; COVID Hampered Teen Sex; Jerry Springer Dies
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After fathering an estimated 500 to 600 children, a Dutch man was banned from donating sperm following a court case that raised concerns his children could have difficulty forming... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 28, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
HIPEC With Mitomycin C Reduces Locoregional Recurrence in High-Risk Colon Cancer
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Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with mitomycin C to surgery for locally advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) significantly reduced the risk of locoregional recurrence, the randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 26, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Transplant Chief Was an Organ Recipient Herself
(MedPage Today) -- Though it wasn't so long ago that Sara Kathryn Smith, MD, was a liver transplant patient herself, last year she became the medical director for pediatric liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 20, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Many With Cancer Predisposition Diseases Unaware of Genetic Status
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Many patients with BRCA mutations that carry a high risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) or with Lynch syndrome are not only unaware of their genetic status, but would not qualify for genetic screening... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 19, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Clostridia Microbiota Cocktail Prevents Recurrent C. Diff
(MedPage Today) -- An oral, investigational live biotherapeutic product containing eight strains of commensal Clostridia prevented recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections in a randomized, double-blind phase II trial.
In the 79-participant... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 19, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Elective Surgery for Diverticulitis Led to QOL Benefits, Fewer Recurrences
(MedPage Today) -- Elective sigmoid resection for patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis yielded a better quality of life and prevented recurrences compared with nonsurgical conservative care, a 2-year analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 19, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
NKF Roundup: Latest Data on Tolvaptan, Terlipressin, and Lumasiran
(MedPage Today) -- AUSTIN, Texas -- Some of the latest research advancements in the field of nephrology presented at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Spring Clinical meeting included a newly approved non-immunosuppressive agent's superior... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 17, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Adjuvant Combo May Change Practice in High-Risk Liver Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- For the first time, adjuvant therapy has improved recurrence-free survival (RFS) after surgery or ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, according to the randomized IMbrave050... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 17, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Another Measure of Terlipressin Success in Hepatorenal Syndrome
(MedPage Today) -- AUSTIN, Texas -- Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) type 1 patients showed clinically meaningful responses to terlipressin (Terlivaz) under an alternative definition of treatment success, according to a pooled analysis of three phase... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 13, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Moose Visits Clinic; Starbucks Stomach Complaints; Execs Charged Over Bum Lead Tests
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How would you get a moose out of your medical facility? (Anchorage Daily News)
The World Health Organization's leader said the COVID emergency will likely be lifted at some point... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 7, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
ChatGPT May Help Patients Better Understand Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT may be helpful for delivering some medical information to patients with cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to an analysis of AI-generated answers to... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 6, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
U.S. Study Backs 'Helper' Virus Theory in Kids' Mystery Hepatitis Cases
(MedPage Today) -- Genotyping results from blood samples of U.S. children with severe acute hepatitis of unknown cause support prior research suggesting that adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2) along with a "helper" virus may be to blame for last year... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - March 31, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
A 'Double Whammy' for Gastric Cancer Risk
(MedPage Today) -- The combined effect of certain germline pathogenic variants and Helicobacter pylori infection were linked with large increases in gastric cancer risk, according to results from a Japanese study.
By age 85, the cumulative risk... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - March 29, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
