Fecal Transplant Failed to Boost Effects of Bariatric Surgery No impact on weight loss or metabolism compared with placebo, small study found Dec 16, 2022
No Blaming Common Antihypertensives for Pancreatic Cancer, Study Suggests Some reassurance on widely prescribed dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers Dec 15, 2022
It's a TNF Inhibitor! It's a Steroid! It's Two (Potential) RA Drugs in One! Hints in mid-stage trial that novel conjugate will surpass adalimumab in efficacy Dec 14, 2022
Direct-Acting Antivirals Linked to Improved Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis C All-cause mortality rate significantly lower in treated versus untreated group Dec 13, 2022
Small Study Shows Most Crohn's Patients With Anal Cancer Survived 15 of 24 were alive and cancer free at 5.5 years of follow-up Dec 09, 2022
Antibiotic Exposure Before Age 2 Tied to Increased Risk of Pediatric IBD Even exposure during the last trimester of pregnancy increases this risk, researchers say Dec 08, 2022
Do Kidney Transplant Medications Supplant IBD Drugs? Study shows many patients no longer need drugs to help keep gut disease in check Dec 08, 2022
Joint Pain Linked to Worse Quality of Life in Ulcerative Colitis Patients Pain tied to increased risks of depression, anxiety, fatigue, and social impairment Dec 08, 2022
Abstinence Tied to Lower Mortality in Alcoholic Cirrhosis With Portal Hypertension Benefit observed even in patients with high-risk portal hypertension Dec 08, 2022
COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Appears Safe for IBD Patients Third shot reactions mirror earlier primary doses, study showed Dec 07, 2022
Infliximab Maintenance Home Infusion Appears Safe Few serious adverse events occurred in patient-friendly settings Dec 07, 2022
Xeljanz Cancer Risks Detailed New paper provides full results from ORAL Surveillance trial Dec 07, 2022
Adding Gut Health Supplement Helped Kids With Obesity Lose More Weight Small trial saw metabolic benefits with daily butyrate added to standard of care Dec 05, 2022
Small Spot a Source of Mysterious Abdominal Pain in Adolescent Girl Case highlights a clinically diagnosed condition often misdiagnosed in adults and teens alike Dec 05, 2022
Upadacitinib Induction Provided Fast Symptom Relief in Ulcerative Colitis Post-hoc analysis showed symptom relief as early as day 1 with the JAK inhibitor Dec 02, 2022
FDA Greenlights First Fecal Microbiota Product Rebyota approved for preventing recurrence of C. difficile infection Dec 01, 2022
After Major Motorcycle Rallies, More Organs Available for Donation Study estimated 21% more organ donors, 26% more transplant recipients per day during rallies Nov 28, 2022
Robotic Surgery Proves Its Mettle for Liver Cancer Fewer cases of liver failure, similar survival versus open liver resection in matched analysis Nov 23, 2022
Exercise During Chemo Shows Benefits for Cardiorespiratory Fitness However, patients who exercise after chemo also ultimately see benefits too Nov 21, 2022
Nearly 1 in 7 Adults Experience Bloating on Any Given Week Some individuals report feeling uncomfortable discussing it with their doctors Nov 17, 2022
Will Fresh Look at Obeticholic Acid Data in NASH Sway FDA? Latest REGENERATE analysis comes on heels of REVERSE flop Nov 11, 2022
Steroids and G-CSF Boost 90-Day Survival in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Plus: Normothermic machine perfusion for liver transplants and Noom Weight for NASH Nov 11, 2022
Novel Hepatitis B Drug Hints at Long-Term 'Functional Cure' for Some in Early Trial With 10% efficacy at 6 months post-treatment, a finite HBV treatment may be on the horizon Nov 10, 2022
Efruxifermin Led to NASH Resolution, Fibrosis Improvement in Mid-Stage Trial Both 50- and 28-mg doses improved fibrosis vs placebo, without worsening of NASH Nov 10, 2022
Maralixibat Takes Out the Itch of Rare Liver Disease Ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor could become second drug for PFIC Nov 09, 2022
Odevixibat Shows 'Encouraging Results' for Kids With Alagille Syndrome Significant improvements in itching, bile acid levels for rare, life-threatening liver disorder Nov 09, 2022
Acamprosate Appears Safe for People With AUD and Liver Disease Phase II data suggest drug is well-tolerated and can reduce cravings in this group of patients Nov 09, 2022
Tenofovir, Vaccine Combo Eliminates Mom-to-Child HBV Transmission 100% success rate even without the use of hepatitis B immunoglobulin Nov 07, 2022
BP Control Beneficial for Liver Transplant Recipients Patients who kept their blood pressure under 140/90 mm Hg had better kidney function at 1 year Nov 07, 2022
Earlier Terlipressin May Be Better for HRS-AKI in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure More acute kidney injury reversals at 7 days and lower mortality with initiation at 12 hours Nov 07, 2022
Lucky to Be Scoped My screening colonoscopy went really well, but how many people don't get the chance to have one? Nov 07, 2022
Low Carb Diet Boosts Weight Loss for Liver Transplant Recipients With Obesity LCD also positively impacted patients' metabophenotype Nov 06, 2022
Psilocybin for Depression; What's the Best Direct Oral Anticoagulant? Also in TTHealthWatch: hormone therapy to prevent chronic disease Nov 05, 2022 podcast
Pandemic's Impact on Liver Disease in the Spotlight at Liver Meeting A roundup of news from the AASLD annual meeting Nov 04, 2022
Continuing Ozanimod Prevented More Relapses in Ulcerative Colitis Disease control also maintained with temporary withdrawal, at least initially Oct 28, 2022
Oral Microbiome Therapy Tied to Low Recurrence of C. Diff ECOSPOR IV study found low recurrence regardless of the number of prior episodes Oct 27, 2022
Upadacitinib Maintenance Triples Clinical Remissions in Crohn's Disease U-ENDURE trial also hit co-primary endpoint for endoscopic response Oct 27, 2022
Two More IBD Drugs Cleared for Safety During Pregnancy Ustekinumab, vedolizumab not linked to greater risk of complications Oct 26, 2022
Guselkumab-Golimumab Combo Shows Promise for Ulcerative Colitis More clinical remissions, endoscopic improvements, early trial finds Oct 26, 2022
New HRS Drug Cuts Need for Renal Replacement Tx After Liver Transplant Follow-up data from CONFIRM trial show terlipressin benefit in key subgroup Oct 25, 2022