Snoring & Liver Disease; Remicade's COVID Woes; Delays in Liver Cancer Treatment
(MedPage Today) -- What's the link between snoring and fatty liver disease? (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
An appeals court sided with AbbVie, saying the company's 132 patents related to its inflammatory bowel disease (IBD... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 4, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
What's the Best New Drug for Luminal Crohn's Disease?
(MedPage Today) -- The top ranking drug to treat luminal Crohn's disease depended on the patient's disease status, according to a network meta-analysis.
In a pooled analysis of 40 trials involving 12,736 patients with luminal Crohn's disease... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 4, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Bictegravir-Based Treatment Wins for HIV/HBV Co-Infections
(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL -- For individuals infected by both HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV), the choice of which virus-suppressing therapy to use can make a difference in outcomes, according to 48-week results of the phase III ALLIANCE results... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 4, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Low MELD Score No Barrier to Long Survival After Living-Donor Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- End-stage liver disease patients at lower risk for death in the short term still reaped the substantial benefits of a living-donor liver transplant (LDLT), a case-control study revealed.
Compared with individuals who remained... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 3, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Race, Insurance Status Linked to Poor Outcomes in Hospitalized UC Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Race/ethnicity and insurance status were associated with poor outcomes among hospitalized patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a nationally representative cohort study.
Among nearly 35,000 people included in the... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 3, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Medical Trauma in Patients With IBD
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cited hospitalizations, as well as poorly managed anxiety and pain, as possible sources of post-traumatic stress (PTS), a cross-sectional, observational study showed.
Among over... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 1, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Fecal Transplant in UC; Cancer Surveillance Lacking in Cirrhosis; Undiagnosed Celiac
(MedPage Today) -- Researchers believe they've identified two more reasons why fecal microbiota transplants from certain donors more often induce ulcerative colitis (UC) remissions. (Gut)
AbbVie announced that it is seeking FDA approval for a... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 28, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Patients With Liver Disease and COVID Report Extra Hardships
(MedPage Today) -- The COVID-19 pandemic substantially impacted the daily lives of patients with chronic liver disease, a global cross-sectional study found.
Among 2,500 chronic liver disease patients, 11.3% reported that the pandemic had negatively... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 28, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Rare Mutations Linked to Protection Against Liver Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Rare germline mutations in the CIDEB gene appeared to protect against liver disease, according to a large human genetics study.
In a multi-stage analysis using exome sequencing in over half a million participants, rare predicted... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 28, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Improving Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy Visualization
(MedPage Today) -- A shorter time lapse between ingestion of last laxative dose and small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) was associated with better visualization of the mucosa, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.
In a pooled analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 26, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Starch for Cancer Prevention? It's Not as Bananas as You Think
(MedPage Today) -- Resistant starch appeared to have a protective effect against non-colorectal Lynch syndrome-related cancers, according to long-term follow-up of the randomized CAPP2 trial.
After up to 20 years of follow-up, 5.8% of participants... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 26, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Procalcitonin-Guided Care Cut Antibiotic Use in Acute Pancreatitis
(MedPage Today) -- Using procalcitonin-based algorithms reduced the use of antibiotics in patients with acute pancreatitis, with no increased risk of infection or harm, a randomized trial in the U.K. showed.
In an intention-to-treat analysis involving... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 22, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Serrated Polyp Detection a Good Indicator of Colonoscopy Quality
(MedPage Today) -- While the adenoma detection rate (ADR) is a well-established quality indicator for colonoscopy, the proximal serrated polyp detection rate (PSPDR) should be used as a complementary tool, according to a Dutch population-based... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 21, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Falsified IBS Data; Patients' Top Choice for CRC Screening; Fertility and IBD Drugs
(MedPage Today) -- Two women from Florida pleaded guilty in connection to a conspiracy to falsify data for clinical trials evaluating therapies for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), among other conditions, the Department of Justice announced.
Doctors... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 21, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Diabetes Drug for Bile Acid Diarrhea Bests Standard of Care in Small Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda) may be superior to colesevelam (Welchol) for reducing stool frequency in patients with moderate-to-severe bile acid diarrhea, a small randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - July 21, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
