Thalidomide Reduced Episodes of Recurrent GI Bleeding
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with thalidomide led to a reduction in bleeding among patients with recurrent bleeding due to small-intestinal angiodysplasia (SIA), a randomized trial showed. In 150 patients, 68.6% of those who received 100-mg thalidomide... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - November 2, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Personalized Intervention Helps CRC Screening Decisions for Older Adults
(MedPage Today) -- Older adults given personalized information about the benefits and risks of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) were more likely to receive screening orders that were more aligned with benefit, a cluster randomized trial of... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 31, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Dupilumab Helped Kids With Eosinophilic Esophagitis Achieve Needed Weight Gain
(MedPage Today) -- VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Treatment with higher-exposure dupilumab (Dupixent) led to sustained improvements in the reduction of peak esophageal intraepithelial eosinophil counts among children ages 1 to 11 with eosinophilic... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 26, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Endoscopy Still an Option for Some 90-Year-Olds With GI Bleeds
(MedPage Today) -- VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A significant proportion of very elderly people admitted for upper gastrointestinal bleeds underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), with mortality significantly higher in the oldest patients... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 26, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Novel Stool RNA Test More Sensitive for Detecting Colon Cancer Versus FIT
(MedPage Today) -- VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The novel multitarget stool RNA test (ColoSense) showed high sensitivity for detecting colorectal neoplasia among adults ages 45 and older, according to the phase III prospective CRC-PREVENT trial... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 25, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Targeted Combination Wins in KRAS-Positive Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- The combination of a KRAS G12C inhibitor and an EGFR inhibitor significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard treatment in patients with chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 23, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Hiatal Hernia Repair With Mesh Did Not Reduce Hernia Recurrence Over the Long Term
(MedPage Today) -- Tension-free crural repair with nonabsorbable mesh did not reduce the incidence of hiatal hernia recurrence in patients undergoing antireflux surgery for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to long... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 17, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Lower Microbiome Diversity May Indicate Severe COVID Infection
(MedPage Today) -- HONOLULU -- Patients with severe COVID-19 infection had lower microbiome diversity, indicating a potential biomarker of disease progression and severity, researchers said here. Stool samples taken from patients who were admitted... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 10, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Toxic Megacolon: Day in the Life of a Doctor
(MedPage Today) -- Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, is back for another Day in the Life of a Doctor. Join her as she helps a northern Canadian hospital experiencing a physician shortage. Following is a transcript... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 6, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Mayo Scrubs HCQ Data; Pharmacy Walkout Averted; Springsteen's Peptic Ulcer Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. 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
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. 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