Study Debunks COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Danish study finds no association between mRNA vaccines and appendicitis Apr 25, 2022
Pregnant Woman With Crohn's Disease Experiences Perianal Pain Pain may be sole symptom of Fournier's gangrene in the immunosuppressed Apr 25, 2022
CDC Issues Advisory on Mystery Hepatitis Cases in Kids Agency eyes adenovirus infection as possible cause behind recently reported cases Apr 22, 2022
Not All Good News When It Comes to Surging POEM Use for Achalasia Study finds 19-fold increase since 2010, and more healthcare utilization along with it Apr 22, 2022
Two Surgeries for Chronic GERD Yield Similar Long-Term Outcomes Swedish trial finds partial and total fundoplication on par, 15 years later Apr 21, 2022
Crohn's Fistulas Heal Better With Combined Surgical-TNF Blocker Approach Some, but not all, key outcomes prove better in clinical trial Apr 18, 2022
Pre-Op TNF Blockers Cleared of Infection Risk in IBD Patients Largest prospective cohort study finds no increase in postoperative infections Apr 14, 2022
PPIs Linked to Better Survival for One Group With Cirrhosis Large VA study shows potential benefit for one group, risk for the rest Apr 11, 2022
Can Disposable Gastroscopes Hold Their Own? Non-inferiority trial vs conventional gastroscopes the first to examine devices head-to-head Apr 05, 2022
Black Patients More Often Get 'Substandard' Care for GI Cancers Retrospective study finds worse surgical outcomes, lower odds of receiving chemotherapy Apr 04, 2022
Living Donor Transplant Promising for CRC With Liver-Only Metastases In small study, researchers see "encouraging" survival outcomes Mar 30, 2022
Reassuring Data on Two-Dose Hep B Vaccine, Risk of Acute MI No significantly greater risk with Heplisav-B versus Engerix-B Mar 28, 2022
Delayed Dx in Patient With Persistent Back Pain, Diarrhea Focusing on patients' medical history may help avoid diagnostic errors and cognitive biases Mar 28, 2022
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: How Safe Are They for the Gallbladder? Link with gallbladder, biliary diseases could be due to weight loss associated with class of drug Mar 28, 2022
In Cirrhosis, Less Activity Equals Worse Outcomes The lower the daily step count, the higher the risk of hospitalization and death Mar 23, 2022
Rinvoq Approved for UC; HCC Combo Flops; Disney Grants Pass to IBS Patient News and commentary from the world of gastroenterology and hepatology Mar 17, 2022
Default Order in Hospitals' EHR Doubles Hepatitis C Screening About 70% of patients completed screening with intervention versus 38% with conventional alert Mar 17, 2022
Can a Wearable for Sleep Positioning Help With Nocturnal Reflux? In sham-controlled trial, active device reduced GERD symptoms Mar 16, 2022
Getting a Cure to Hepatitis C Patients Who Use Injection Drugs Randomized trial found that HCV care housed at a harm reduction center improved chances Mar 14, 2022
Fecal Microbiome Markers Detect Pancreatic Cancer With 'High Accuracy' These markers need to be tested in a prospective cohort before clinical impact can be determined Mar 10, 2022
Robotic Hepatectomy Shows Benefits Over Laparoscopic Surgery Shorter hospital stay, similar perioperative outcomes in matched analysis Mar 10, 2022
Is ctDNA Useful for Surveillance in Resected CRC? Small study suggests no advantage compared to imaging alone or with CEA measurement Mar 08, 2022
EHR 'Nudge' Linked to Fewer C. Diff Tests for Organ Transplant Recipients The program also led to fewer days of antibiotics and cost savings Mar 07, 2022
Traditional Dietary Advice May Be Best for IBS Shows similar efficacy to gluten-free and low FODMAP diets in randomized trial Mar 03, 2022
Kids With IBD Need Close Monitoring as They Grow Up Meta-analysis confirms: substantially increased cancer risk in adulthood Mar 02, 2022
Surveillance Colonoscopy in IBD Tied to Lower Advanced Cancer Risk Findings bolster guidelines for IBD patients with extensive colitis or left-sided colitis Mar 01, 2022
Ulcerative Colitis With an Unexpected Cause Can the immune response to COVID-19 trigger inflammatory bowel disease? Mar 01, 2022
AGA: Consider De-Prescribing PPIs in Patients With 'Murky' Indications New clinical practice update suggests either abrupt discontinuation or tapering when appropriate Feb 22, 2022
SubQ Infliximab Works for IBD; FDA Clears Complex Colonoscopy Tool; IBS & Diet News and commentary from the world of gastroenterology and hepatology Feb 18, 2022
Ablating High-Grade Anal Lesions Thwarts Progression to Cancer Screening followed by aggressive therapy shows benefit in phase III ANCHOR study Feb 17, 2022
Universal HCV Screening in Pregnancy Boosts Detection More cases found verses risk-based approach, also IDs perinatal transmission, researcher says Feb 16, 2022
Sotorasib Impresses in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer ORR of 21% in heavily pretreated patients with a KRAS G12C mutation Feb 16, 2022
Novel Strategy Slashes HBV Vertical Transmission Sans Immunoglobulin Cambodian study finds antenatal antiviral effective if used for long enough Feb 15, 2022
High-Deductible Insurance Linked to More Complex Hernias Study suggests delays in care, particularly for those with no health savings account Feb 14, 2022
Pembrolizumab Shows Promise in Advanced Anal Cancer PD-1 inhibitor may be an option for those who have no options Feb 11, 2022
History of Pancreatitis Linked to Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Electronic medical record data reveal greater risk for hospitalization, death after infection Feb 10, 2022
Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis Post-Liver Transplant: What Are the Risks? Probability of recurrent disease more than doubled from 5 to 20 years later Feb 09, 2022
Guselkumab Cuts Disease Activity in Crohn's Nearly two-thirds of patients respond to selective p19 IL-23 inhibitor Feb 08, 2022
Trial Data Confirm Heightened Risks With JAK Inhibitor May help patients and clinicians better weigh benefit against adverse effects Jan 26, 2022
Simpler Tool Validated for Endoscopic Assessment in Crohn's SEMA-CD should be used as endpoint for clinical trials, researcher argues Jan 26, 2022