Study: COVID-19 Is Also Spread by Fecal-Oral Route Also new: Like SARS, COVID-19 may induce liver damage Mar 09, 2020
Study: Robotic Whipple Has Advantages Over Open Surgery But the learning curve is steep, researchers caution Mar 06, 2020
Electrical Stimulation Tx Promising for Refractory Constipation Durable and clinically significant improvement seen in small trial Mar 04, 2020
Most Smokers Who Quit Before Bariatric Surgery End Up Smoking Again Even some nonsmokers picked up the habit, despite the risks Feb 21, 2020
Dumpster Diver Eats Sushi From Gas Station. What Happened Next? Fishy food habits send this money-saving college student to the hospital Feb 20, 2020
Escalating Stelara Dose Possible in Unresponsive Crohn's Real-world data demonstrates efficacy among subpopulation Jan 26, 2020
Colectomies for UC Decline in the Era of Biologics But use of multiple new agents may mean procedure for ulcerative colitis is just delayed Jan 25, 2020
Physiological Stress Measures Predict Ulcerative Colitis Flares Unpacking the link between the brain and the microbiome Jan 25, 2020
Informed Consent: Docs Should Ask Permission to Touch It's 2020, and no, it's not implied by patient's mere presence in exam room Jan 16, 2020
'Dark Waters': Behind-the-Scenes With Attorney Who Took on DuPont Chemical in Teflon was "completely unregulated" when Robert Bilott went after corporate giant Dec 19, 2019
With More Healthcare in IBD Comes Better Outcomes Increases in ED visits and cost, but decline in length of stay, mortality Dec 16, 2019
Pediatric IBD Patients Face Multiple Psych Issues But vast majority have no record of receiving mental health services, study finds Dec 14, 2019
Confirmed: TNF Inhibitors Don't Raise Cancer Risk Reassurance from national study in Denmark Dec 13, 2019
C. Diff Carriers May Pose Hidden Infection Threat Small study finds almost 40% of carriers developed symptoms within 6 months Dec 11, 2019
More Evidence That Aspirin Can Stave Off Death PLCO follow-up data support protective effect Dec 04, 2019
First-Line Combo Improves Survival in Advanced HCC Decreases in overall survival, progression-free survival hazards by almost 50% compared with sorafenib Nov 22, 2019
Reassurance on Live-Virus Shingles Vax With Anti-TNFs Randomized trial indicates fears of infection unfounded Nov 11, 2019
Time to Rethink BMI Cutoff for Bariatric Surgery? The point isn't weight loss, researcher argues, but treatment for diabetes, hypertension, and other comorbidities Nov 06, 2019
Study: Fecal Transplants Cut Sepsis Risk in Patients With C. Diff FMT also tied to shorter length of hospital stay, better overall survival vs antibiotics Nov 04, 2019
Constipation in Older Adults Improved With Biofeedback Small retrospective study extends efficacy observed in younger patients Oct 31, 2019
Horror Stories Underscore FMT Risks Two E. coli infections with one fatal, transmitted to trial patients by same donor Oct 30, 2019
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Responds to Steroid Majority of previously treated patients responded to oral formulation of topical budesonide Oct 28, 2019
Imagine Dragons’ Frontman Lives With Two Chronic Diseases Dan Reynolds deals with UC and ankylosing spondylitis Oct 24, 2019
18 Common Drugs Tied to Altered Gut Microbiome PPIs, oral antidiabetics, antibiotics, and laxatives had most impact Oct 23, 2019
Does Zantac Break Down Into a Carcinogen? Rather than contamination, "the fundamental problem is that it's an unstable molecule" Oct 03, 2019
H. Pylori Found in Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimens Incidental findings can have important clinical implications in obese patients Sep 23, 2019
Do Fungi Play a Role in C. Diff Infection? Small study finds evidence of role fungus might play in dysbiosis associated with C. difficile Aug 28, 2019
Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Altered Liver Enzymes "We have focused for too long on studying the brain in isolation" Jul 31, 2019
What Is Causing This Constellation of Symptoms in a 57-Year-Old Man? Stomach pain, wheezing, and night sweats add up to a diagnosis of a rare but increasing condition Jul 08, 2019
Cheetos for Pediatric Abdominal Pain Better Than Zofran, Phenergan Doctors "ecstatic" with new findings Jul 03, 2019
Yogurt: Prophylaxis for Colorectal Cancer? Large observational studies show fewer polyps in frequent consumers -- but only for men Jun 20, 2019
Farewell to Hartmann's Procedure? LADIES trial found primary anastomosis had better outcomes in perforated diverticulitis Jun 10, 2019
Lines Blur Between Non-Alcoholic and Alcoholic Fatty Liver Diagnostic criteria for disease types need updating for better patient stratification Jun 04, 2019
Enoxaparin May Be Underdosed for CRC Surgery Patients Standard dose yielded low anticoagulation levels in 68% but no increase in venous thromboembolism May 23, 2019
Low-Volume, Same-Day Prep Gets Job Done for Colonoscopy Study shows similar efficacy between split-dosing and same-day bowel preparations May 22, 2019
Pregnancy Complication More Common With NAFLD But inability to measure bile levels in control group could limit strength of association May 21, 2019
Marcia Cross of 'Desperate Housewives' Opens Up on Anal Cancer Actress discloses her survival story and wants to end the stigma Apr 18, 2019
