Dietary Interventions Beat Medication in IBS Treatment Both a low-FODMAPs and low-carb diet led to a larger decrease in symptom severity Apr 24, 2024
Loss of Anti-TNF Treatment Response Common in Crohn's Disease Study identified factors and strategies for maintaining response Apr 22, 2024
Breast Milk Enema Helps Preterm Infants Pass Meconium Infants also moved to enteral feeding faster, randomized Chinese trial showed Apr 22, 2024
Rotavirus: Then and Now Many pediatric hospital residents "have never seen a case of rotavirus," said Paul Offit, MD Apr 18, 2024
Rotavirus Still Ranks High as Cause of Acute Gastroenteritis in Children Recent research sheds light on how the virus can cause such severe symptoms Apr 18, 2024
FDA Slaps Embolization Device With Class I Recall After Deaths Increased bowel ischemia risk when Obsidio Embolic is used for lower GI bleeds Apr 17, 2024
Deeper Sedation During Colonoscopy Linked to Improved Detection of Serrated Polyps Propofol boosts serrated polyp detection by 50%, little difference for all neoplasia, adenomas Apr 17, 2024
Oral Antibiotics Alone Miss the Mark for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis But adverse events, quality of life, and patient satisfaction similar to oral/IV approach Apr 17, 2024
TNF Inhibitors for IBD Linked to Kidney Function Declines Observational VA data support recommendations for monitoring with initiation Apr 16, 2024
Automated, Personalized Outreach Boosts CRC Screening in Diverse Patient Population Absolute improvement of 30-40% in screening participation after 1 year Apr 16, 2024
Possible New Standard for Treated Advanced CRC With KRAS Mutations Adagrasib plus cetuximab leads to responses in one-third of patients, median OS of 15.9 months Apr 12, 2024
Neoadjuvant Chemo-IO Promising in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Combination associated with favorable R0 resection and survival rates Apr 10, 2024
Bispecific Checkpoint Inhibitor Improves Survival in Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancer Almost 50% improvement in median survival, but against a suboptimal control regimen Apr 10, 2024
Cancer Warnings on Booze; Rats, Roaches in Hospitals; Barefoot Pharma Workers Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Apr 10, 2024
Doc Flung From Trailer Dies; Viral Hepatitis Deaths Rise; Suicidal Thoughts and GLPs Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Apr 09, 2024
Enhertu Gets Tumor-Agnostic FDA Approval for HER2-Positive Cancers About half of patients responded, duration of response as long as 19 months in three trials Apr 05, 2024
Chemotherapy/ICI Combos Falter as Second-Line Treatment for Gastric Cancer FOLFIRI plus durvalumab, with or without tremelimumab, no help after first-line chemotherapy Apr 04, 2024
Start of a New Trend? Hepatitis C Cases Drop in the U.S. After a decade of increases, health officials aren't sure if change is just a statistical blip Apr 04, 2024
Telehealth Improves Hepatitis C Treatment in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Facilitated telemedicine embedded into opioid treatment programs boosted HCV cure rates Apr 03, 2024
How Old Is Too Old for Surveillance Colonoscopy? Study suggested risks may outweigh benefits for some older patients Apr 02, 2024
GLP-1 Users May Have Increased Endoscopy-Related Aspiration Pneumonia Risk Overall incidence is still low, however Apr 01, 2024
More Women Are Drinking Themselves Sick. The Biden Administration Is Concerned. But change isn't something everyone will raise a glass to Mar 31, 2024
Aspirin for Fatty Liver; Meds for Self-Managed Abortion Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnosing Parkinson's with a skin biopsy Mar 30, 2024 podcast
Starting Treatment at Discharge for Alcohol-Related Hospital Stays Shows Benefits However, only 2% of hospitalized patients received a script Mar 29, 2024
Liquid Biopsy for CRC Screening May Not Be Ready for Prime Time Not as effective for catching cases or as cost-effective as available tests, modeling studies say Mar 26, 2024
Kate Middleton's Cancer: What to Know About 'Preventative' Chemotherapy And what abdominal surgery could mean in the context of cancer Mar 26, 2024
Reconsider Insertion of Abdominal Drains After Distal Pancreatectomy, Study Suggests Rate of major morbidity was non-inferior in the no-drain group compared with the drain group Mar 25, 2024
VCTE-Based Agile Scores Accurate in Predicting Liver-Related Events in MASLD Serial Agile scores were also accurate over time Mar 25, 2024
Concomitant SSRI and Oral Anticoagulant Use Tied to Major Bleeding Risk Patients taking both drugs should be closely monitored, researchers advised Mar 22, 2024
No OS Difference in Pancreatic Cancer With SABR vs Irreversible Electroporation PFS, adverse events also comparable with the ablative modalities after FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy Mar 21, 2024
Can an Autoimmunity Lead to Immune Deficiency? Studies may explain some cases of rare opportunistic infections Mar 20, 2024
Aspirin Cuts Liver Fat in Preliminary MASLD Trial At 6 months, 42.5% of patients on low-dose aspirin had at least a 30% reduction in hepatic fat Mar 20, 2024
Alcohol-Associated Cirrhosis and Death Are on the Rise: Here's How We Can Help Reducing stigma, increasing public awareness, and policy change are key Mar 18, 2024
Delta-8 THC Use Common in Teens; New Drug-Coated Balloon for Blocked Stents Also in TTHealthWatch: new screening methods for colorectal cancer Mar 16, 2024 podcast
FDA Tries to Close the Lid on Poop Transplant Company Fecal microbiota transplant business needs a BLA or IND to operate, agency says Mar 15, 2024
New PD-1 Inhibitor Approved for Esophageal Cancer Tislelizumab improved median OS from 6.3 months with chemotherapy to 8.6 months Mar 15, 2024
FDA Approves First-Ever Drug for Serious Liver Condition Resmetirom indicated for NASH patients with liver scarring Mar 14, 2024
Valley Fever Screens Found Lagging for Rheum Patients in Endemic Areas A significant issue for DMARD and steroid users in the American Southwest Mar 14, 2024
Noninvasive Screening Tests Show Promise for Catching Colorectal Cancer Could these tests help to increase the number of people who undergo screening? Mar 13, 2024
Treating Kids' HCV Early May Boost Lifetime Health Outcomes and Save Money Modeling study suggests benefits for treating at age 3 instead of age 6 Mar 11, 2024
