Metastatic Gastric Ca Treatments Show Mixed Results FTD/TPI effective, but mFOLFOX plus biologic didn't improve survival Jan 20, 2019
'Incredibly Impressive' Activity in Biliary Ca with Combo Tx Responses in about 40% of patients with BRAF/MEK inhibitor pairing Jan 20, 2019
Switch From Biosimilar to Originator Infliximab Safe in IBD No significant changes in clinical remission, trough levels, or antidrug antibody status Jan 11, 2019
Less Invasive Surgery Wins in Esophageal Cancer Large reduction in major complications at 1 month out Jan 09, 2019
MRI Proving Cost-Effective for Tracking Liver Fat But it's not ready to replace biopsy for assessing advanced disease Jan 02, 2019
Study: Ondansetron Mostly Safe in Early Pregnancy Increased risk of oral clefts and ear malformations, however Dec 19, 2018
Antidepressants Improve Disease Course in IBD Tied to lower risk of relapse, step-up medications, and IBD-related hospitalizations Dec 18, 2018
Restricted Whole-Foods Diet Has Promise in Crohn's Pilot study of CD-TREAT replicates exclusive enteral nutrition changes in gut microbiome Dec 18, 2018
Skin Lesions Linked With Anti-TNF in IBD Most paradoxical psoriasiform eruptions were managed locally Dec 17, 2018
Medical Cannabis for IBD: Is the Web Reliable? Quality of the information was only average, survey finds Dec 16, 2018
Challenges Persist for Severe Crohn's "Perfect may be the enemy of good enough," expert says Dec 14, 2018
Vedolizumab: Efficacy and Safety Persist Longer induction may be needed, but safety "unprecedented" Dec 14, 2018
SNL Star Treats Crohn's Disease with Marijuana "I wouldn't be able to do [the show] if I didn't smoke weed" Dec 06, 2018
Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ΑρΑ«ΚΣΖ΅ staff Nov 30, 2018
Abrilumab Induces Remission and Healing in UC Eight weeks of anti-integrin biologic yielded three times the remission rate of placebo Nov 28, 2018
Group Hypnotherapy Helps IBS Patients As effective as individual treatment in reducing perception of symptoms Nov 26, 2018
Highlights from Molecular Targets Symposiuim Breast cancer gene expression, activity in GI, lung, and limited-mutation tumors Nov 16, 2018
Metabolic Surgery Prevails for Mortality, CV-Risk Reduction in T2D Macrovascular complications, CV mortality reduced more with surgery than medical therapy alone Nov 15, 2018
HCV Combo Pill a Winner in Untreated Cirrhotic Patients High SVR12 rate suggests 8-week treatment could be used for this population Nov 14, 2018
Minorities Sicker than Whites at Liver Transplant Referral Blacks had highest MELD scores at waitlist registration among racial-ethnic groups Nov 13, 2018
Novel Thyroid Beta Receptor Agonist Cut LDL-C in NAFLD Patients Small phase II study also found reductions in liver fat vs placebo Nov 13, 2018
Regular Aspirin Use Tied to Reduction in HCC Risk Significant benefit apparent after ≥5 years of use at average dose of at least 1.5 tablets/week Nov 13, 2018
Do Patients with Chronic Liver Disease Face Higher DILI Risk? Research suggests a link of which drug developers should be aware, expert says Nov 12, 2018
Hepatitis C Treatment Works Well for Young Kids Nearly all children treated with sofosbuvir/ledipasvir achieved sustained response Nov 12, 2018
Pregnant Women at Risk for HCV Benefit from Universal Screen Test deemed more efficient, cost-effective diagnostic approach versus risk-based screening Nov 11, 2018
'De-Fatting' Tx May Give Discarded Livers New Life Ex vivo perfusion system plus therapy reduced fat in steatotic livers Nov 11, 2018
AASLD Poster Roundup: Gender, Insurance, Weight and Waitlists Selections from poster sessions at the annual Liver Meeting Nov 10, 2018
Liver Meeting to Focus on Practice Matters Along with Science Topics range from 'day in the life' of a hepatology consultant to novel NASH therapies Nov 08, 2018
Pouch Creation a Winner After Total Gastrectomy Meta-analysis reports better long-term functional outcomes, no greater perioperative morbidity Oct 30, 2018
ACIP: Routinely Vaccinate Homeless Against HepA Homelessness denotes increased risk for contracting disease Oct 24, 2018
Stelara a Hit in Ulcerative Colitis Clinical remission achieved with two different doses of interleukin 12/23 blocker Oct 10, 2018
SSA Transition Safe, Effective for NETs Long-term survival, cost-effectiveness examined in other studies Oct 09, 2018
Ringer's Lactate: A Hydration Option in Acute Pancreatitis? Meta-analysis shows trend for lower mortality versus normal saline Oct 09, 2018
FODMAP Diet Helps Fecal Incontinence Two-thirds of patients reported improvements and more than one-third had complete remission Oct 08, 2018
Surgery Improves Survival for most pNETs Mortality odds 70%-80% lower for all but stage I disease Oct 06, 2018
ACG: Focus on the Practical at Annual Meeting Topics will range from gluten contamination to artificial intelligence for polyp detection Oct 05, 2018
ASBMR: Probiotics Mediate Bone Loss in Women Gut microbiome shapes the immune system, which in turn regulates bone mass Oct 03, 2018
Rifaximin Chaser May Cut CDI Relapse Pooled data from two RCTs suggested 50% drop in recurrence after standard antibiotics Sep 28, 2018