Old Antidepressant Eases Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms In primary care setting, low-dose amitriptyline as second-line treatment improved IBS severity Oct 20, 2023
Hiatal Hernia Repair With Mesh Did Not Reduce Hernia Recurrence Over the Long Term At 13 years, recurrence rates were 38% with mesh versus 31% with crural sutures alone Oct 17, 2023
Diet and Liver Health; Gut Microbiome and Cardiometabolic Disease Also in TTHealthWatch: COVID hospitalization data Oct 14, 2023 podcast
Wrongful Death Suit Filed After Patient Waited Hours in Emergency Room Lobby Death of 41-year-old mother of three was preventable, husband says Oct 13, 2023
New Oral Drug Approved for Ulcerative Colitis in Adults S1P receptor modulator etrasimod indicated for moderately to severely active disease Oct 13, 2023
Primary Care Intervention Improved Follow-Up of Abnormal Cancer Screening Results Follow-up testing within 120 days was improved with EHR reminders, patient outreach, navigation Oct 10, 2023
Lower Microbiome Diversity May Indicate Severe COVID Infection Patients admitted to the ICU had significant increases in certain bacteria, study shows Oct 10, 2023
Toxic Megacolon: Day in the Life of a Doctor Make the rounds with Siobhan Deshauer, MD, during a day in the hospital Oct 05, 2023
AMA Too Woke? FDA Warns on Probiotics; Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Moves Forward Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 02, 2023
FDA Adds Intestinal Blockage Reports to Ozempic Labeling Joins other approved GLP-1 receptor agonists in noting the potential adverse reaction Sep 28, 2023
Mayo Scrubs HCQ Data; Pharmacy Walkout Averted; Springsteen's Peptic Ulcer Disease Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Sep 28, 2023
Cancer Risk in NAFLD Higher With Early Disease Onset 52% greater risk of malignancy for patients diagnosed with fatty liver disease before age 45 Sep 27, 2023
When Screening Guidelines Collide, Who Wins? A closer look at conflicting colorectal cancer screening recommendations Sep 26, 2023
Heavy Drinking Not Tied to Lower Response to DAAs for Hepatitis C Therapy should not be restricted based on alcohol use, researchers say Sep 26, 2023
COVID Conspiracies Return; Norovirus on the Hiking Trail; 2nd Pig Heart Transplanted Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Sep 25, 2023
Fentanyl Death Trends; Food Additives and Heart Disease Also in TTHealthWatch: MDMA and PTSD, and esophageal erosion and cancer Sep 23, 2023 podcast
Another Win for Biomarker-Driven Thromboprophylaxis for Patients With Cancer Threefold risk reduction with enoxaparin in high-risk gastrointestinal, lung cancers Sep 21, 2023
Fewer Serious Problems With Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal Than Robotic Surgery Robotic-assisted cholecystectomy tied to higher rate of bile duct injury in older adults Sep 20, 2023
Delaying Esophageal Cancer Surgery After Neoadjuvant CRT Fails in Trial Histological complete response rates no better and survival appears worse Sep 19, 2023
Large Study Eases Fears Over Zantac-Cancer Link In multinational cohort, cancer incidence with pulled drug no different than other H2RAs Sep 19, 2023
Could Cetuximab Maintenance Play a Role in RAS Wild-Type Metastatic CRC? Strategy tied to better outcomes but fails to meet primary goal of phase II trial Sep 18, 2023
Child Develops Voluminous Diarrhea After Amoxicillin Discordant test results complicate diagnosis of suspected C. difficile Sep 18, 2023
Non-Erosive GERD May Not Increase Risk of Esophageal Cancer Study shows similar incidence rates to general population, unlike for those with erosive GERD Sep 18, 2023
Is Being a Night Owl Unhealthy? CRC Screening Not Recommended Enough Also in TTHealthWatch: CVD death and obesity Sep 16, 2023 podcast
Blood Test Accurately Diagnosed Celiac Disease in Adults But biopsy should still remain standard, expert advised Sep 14, 2023
Study Links Being Breastfed to Cancer Risk in Adulthood But researchers say the established benefits likely outweigh any potential risk Sep 08, 2023
Opioid-Free Discharge After Pancreatic Resection Can Be Achieved, Study Shows Findings offer a blueprint for other hospitals to reduce post-surgical opioid use Sep 06, 2023
Adding Regorafenib in First-Line 'Promising' in Gastric Cancer Including TKI with nivolumab plus FOLFOX deemed safe in metastatic esophagogastric disease Sep 05, 2023
Positive Airway Pressure Linked to Less Late-Night Heartburn Problems Wheezing, nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux symptoms decreased in PAP users, study finds Aug 31, 2023
Gut Microbiome Study Yields Clues to Melanoma Development, Progression Differences between patients and volunteers, early- vs late-stage may help guide management Aug 31, 2023
Atopic Dermatitis Linked to Increased IBD Risk in Adults and Kids Risk increased with severity of atopic dermatitis across both groups, cohort study shows Aug 30, 2023
U.S. Unveils First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations Treatments for heart failure, Crohn's disease, and diabetes make the list Aug 29, 2023
AI-Aided Colonoscopy Flops for Advanced Neoplasia Detection in Trial Meta-analysis turns up similar findings, though increased ADR overall Aug 28, 2023
Does Cancer Screening Actually Extend Lives? A series of articles look at whether the benefits for the few warrant the harms for the many Aug 28, 2023
Doctors, Patients Try to Shame Insurers to Reverse Prior Auth Denials Many have taken to social media to get tests, drugs, and treatments approved Aug 27, 2023
Early Cholecystectomy Questioned for More Severe Acute Biliary Pancreatitis Retrospective analysis suggests worse outcomes versus delayed procedure Aug 25, 2023
Novel KRAS Inhibitor Leads to Durable Responses in Multiple Tumor Types More than half of patients with NSCLC, more than a third of those with CRC responded to divarasib Aug 23, 2023
Ultra-Rare Immune System Disease Gets First FDA-Approved Treatment Pozelimab reduced hospitalizations, albumin transfusions in CHAPLE disease patients Aug 18, 2023
Gene Therapy Promising for Rare Jaundice Syndrome Early-phase data suggest a dose that can keep bilirubin in check without hours of phototherapy Aug 16, 2023
