Proton Pump Inhibitors and IBD: What's the Link? Use tied to "modest" increase in risk for ulcerative colitis, Crohn's in observational studies Aug 12, 2021
Colonoscopy Obstacles for Vulnerable Patients After an Abnormal FIT Some factors cited by staff at safety net health systems could be modifiable Aug 10, 2021
Probiotics Show Promise for Symptoms of Functional GI Disorders Small pilot study suggested clinical benefit, acceptable safety profile Aug 06, 2021
When Patients With Functional GI Issues Felt Better, They Got Better Improvements in psychological, clinical factors tied to reduced dyspepsia symptoms Aug 03, 2021
Two Ulcerative Colitis Biologics: Same Clinical Difference? One may have additional clinical benefits, post-hoc analysis suggested Aug 02, 2021
Shingles Risk Slashed in IBD Patients After Vaccine Study found certain medications also showed lower incidence rates Jul 20, 2021
Study: Exposure Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Saves Money Adding exposure to internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy could cut costs in the long run Jul 19, 2021
PURE Study Points Finger at Processed, Fatty Foods in IBD But expert serves up a heaping helping of caveats to the findings Jul 14, 2021
Did Getting a Colonoscopy Lead to Cleaner Living? Results varied by severity of screening findings, researchers found Jul 13, 2021
Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties Jul 12, 2021
Some Liver Transplant Patients Got Hepatitis B From Donors Injection drug use may be mostly to blame, researcher says Jul 10, 2021
Response Soars With Anti-PD-1 Drug for HER2-Positive Stomach Cancer Almost 50% relative increase in ORR with pembrolizumab plus trastuzumab and chemotherapy Jul 08, 2021
Adults With Obesity See Increased Risk for Crohn's Disease Growing obesity burden may contribute to rise in Crohn's incidence, researcher suggests Jul 08, 2021
PD-1 Inhibitor Boosts Survival in Treated Esophageal Cancer Benefit with China-developed tislelizumab in all patients and EU-North American subgroup Jul 06, 2021
Are Antibiotics Linked to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer? With cases increasing globally, researchers look to these commonly used drugs Jul 03, 2021
One GI Symptom Stuck Around Months After Severe COVID But most symptoms resolved within 3 months, researchers found Jul 02, 2021
Cases of Rare Liver Complication Seen With Severe COVID-19 Higher prevalence of condition in COVID patients than influenza patients, researcher says Jul 01, 2021
Food Insecurity Tied to More Liver Disease Deaths Social determinants of health play a key role, study found Jun 28, 2021
Ranitidine Did Not Convert to Carcinogen in Two Small FDA Studies However, don't expect the drug's return to market anytime soon, say editorialists Jun 28, 2021
Rise in Alcohol Dependence Seen During Pandemic AUD in U.K. study tied to worse COVID outcomes and more mental health problems as well Jun 25, 2021
Obesity Ups Risk of Erosive Esophagitis in Middle-Age Adults Japanese study researchers note it may also increase risk for GERD Jun 16, 2021
One in Five Inpatients Needing Endoscopy Experienced Delays Single-center study identified predictors for delay, readmission Jun 15, 2021
ACP: Pump the Brakes on New Organ Procurement Method Organization says NRP-cDCD may violate dead-donor rule Jun 15, 2021
Several Factors Contribute to GI Bleeding Mortality Risk Patients hospitalized due to GI bleeding less likely to die from it, French researchers found Jun 14, 2021
What Leads to Patients With Diabetes Relapsing After Bariatric Surgery? Risk factors included longer diabetes duration, higher preop HbA1c in Swedish study Jun 14, 2021
Nearly a Five-Fold Difference Between States in Use of Bariatric Surgery Weight loss procedure underutilized in areas with highest obesity prevalence Jun 13, 2021
No Difference in Disease Markers for IBD Patients Treated With Biosimilars U.K. study shows comparable results after a year Jun 10, 2021
Bispecific Antibody Active in NRG1-Positive Pancreatic Cancer Zenocutuzumab turns in promising results in early-phase trial involving multiple solid tumors Jun 10, 2021
Diabetic Man With Sclerosing Mesenteritis Experiences Glycemic Control With Steroids Case authors report an unexpected paradoxical effect Jun 07, 2021
Survival Boost With First-Line Immunotherapy for Esophageal Cancer Nivolumab plus ipilimumab or chemo offers new option for advanced, metastatic disease Jun 03, 2021
Tofacitinib May Cut Colectomy Risk in Hospitalized, Severe UC Small study found that patients appeared to benefit from limited-duration high-intensity therapy Jun 01, 2021
FDA Restricts Ocaliva Use in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Liver failure, need for liver transplant reported in patients with advanced cirrhosis May 27, 2021
Potassium Acid Blocker No Better Than PPI for Artificial Gastric Ulcers Small Japanese trial found similar outcomes with both drugs May 25, 2021
GI Disruption Lasts for Months in Many COVID Survivors Persistently loose stools were most common after-effect May 24, 2021
Microbiome Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff Advance Clinical trial success for two proprietary bacteria mixtures May 22, 2021
These Risk Factors Can Make Severe Pancreatitis Worse Not surprisingly, clinical outcomes also suffered May 20, 2021
Probiotics Protect Overweight, Older Patients From Coughs and Wheeze Trial affirms "gut-lung" link but with important caveats May 14, 2021
Adding GLP-1 Drug Makes Sleeve Gastroplasty a Diabetes Treatment Endoscopic procedure could yield benefits now seen only with more invasive surgery May 14, 2021
