Gastroenterology
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Top-Down Treatment Appears Better for Patients With Crohn’s Disease
Early advanced treatment drastically improved outcomes, such as reducing the number of people requiring urgent abdominal surgery by 10-fold.
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Ultraprocessed Foods Upped Risk for Diabetic Complications
UPF consumption increased the risk for composite microvascular complications, diabetic kidney disease.
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FIT Screening Cuts Colorectal Cancer Mortality by One Third
Researchers used data from two health systems with long-standing programs of mailing FITs to compare 1103 cases of adults who had died of CRC with...
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Colorectal Cancer: New Primary Care Method Predicts Onset Within Next 2 Years
Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study of 50,387 UK Biobank participants reporting a CRC symptom in primary care at age 40 years or...
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US Experience With Infliximab Biosimilars Suggests Need for More Development Incentives
Use of infliximab biosimilars in the United States rose slowly until three were on the market; it continued to remain lower for Medicare than for...
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Are Your Patients Using Any of These Six Potentially Hepatotoxic Botanicals?
An estimated 15.6 million adults in the United States consumed at least one potentially hepatotoxic botanical product in the past 30 days, with...
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Low Vitamin D Levels May Worsen Gastroparesis Symptoms
“This study lays the framework for the next level of investigation, replenishment of vitamin D in patients with symptoms of gastroparesis who have...
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PPI Prophylaxis Prevents GI Bleed in Ventilated Patients
Recent guidelines have issued only weak recommendations for stress ulcer prophylaxis, especially with PPIs, in critically ill patients at a high...
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Environment More Than Genes Affects Age of IBD Diagnosis
The findings’ most immediate clinical relevance is for counseling people with a family history of IBD, said Dr. Oriana Damas.
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Acid Blockers Appear Superior to PPIs in Erosive Esophagitis
Both potassium-competitive acid blockers and PPIs showed better healing rates at 4 and 8 weeks than placebo.
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Can Addressing Depression Reduce Chemo Toxicity in Older Adults?
Researchers evaluated whether greater reductions in grade 3 chemotherapy-related toxicities occurred with geriatric assessment-driven...