Death Risk Rises With No Colonoscopy After Stage I CRC Three-fold increase, but is colonoscopy the driver? Jan 22, 2019
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
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
Skin Lesions Linked With Anti-TNF in IBD Most paradoxical psoriasiform eruptions were managed locally Dec 17, 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
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
Hepatitis C Treatment Works Well for Young Kids Nearly all children treated with sofosbuvir/ledipasvir achieved sustained response Nov 12, 2018
Pouch Creation a Winner After Total Gastrectomy Meta-analysis reports better long-term functional outcomes, no greater perioperative morbidity Oct 30, 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
HIV May Up Risk for Liver Steatosis in Mono-infected Patients Earlier intervention on 'manageable factors' for fatty liver disease may help in this population Jul 27, 2018
Gut-Liver-Brain Interactions Tied to Alzheimerβs Studies may explain mixed results of omega-3 trials Jul 26, 2018
High Infliximab Levels Offer Safe Inflammation Control in IBD No increase in infections with trough levels >7 ug/mL Jul 17, 2018
Fecal Occult Blood Flags Risks Beyond Colon Cancer Positive FOBT tied to increased mortality from non-cancer causes Jul 17, 2018
Bariatric Patients May Need Microbiome Boost Microbial richness remains diminished even 5 years after gastric bypass, banding Jun 24, 2018
Bacteriophages: Hidden Players in Parkinson's Disease? Viruses affect microbiome composition, perhaps fostering rogue neural proteins Jun 13, 2018
Slow Medicine: Holding Firm on Our Approach to Colon Cancer Screening We favor occult blood testing rather than invasive tests Jun 08, 2018
Minor Psychiatric Disorders Don't Predict GERD No significant correlations with anxiety, depression found in prospective study Jun 06, 2018
Medicaid or No Insurance Tied to Higher Death Risk in HCV All public plans lead to higher mortality rates, according to 10-year study Jun 05, 2018
Steroid Treatment Relieves Lymphocytic Colitis Oral budesonide was superior to placebo and mesalazine Jun 05, 2018
Don't Expect Much from YouTube Vids Labeled for Colon Cancer In many, "content of minimal or no relevance" Jun 05, 2018
Hepatitis D: The 'Forgotten Virus' is Still Here More attention to screening, treatment is needed, say experts Jun 04, 2018
Family History of Young-Onset Colon Ca Needs Better Screening Only one in four young-onset cases met early screening criteria Jun 04, 2018
DDW 2018: Combining Insights Across ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ Topics will range from microbiome research to HCV cures Jun 01, 2018
