Medicaid Expansion Seen Lifting Colon Cancer Screening for Low-Income People But not a cure-all in states boosting eligibility May 06, 2023
Gut Microbiome Varies Hour to Hour, Month to Month Intraindividual shifts over time may explain why drugs don't work the same in everyone May 04, 2023
Maintenance Mirikizumab Proves Mettle in Ulcerative Colitis In LUCENT-2, clinical remissions doubled among responders to induction therapy May 26, 2022
Etrasimod Shows Promise in Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis Analysis of two ELEVATE trials showed significant improvements in clinical remission May 25, 2022
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Boosts Weight-Loss Outcomes Study finds benefit when added to lifestyle intervention May 25, 2022
POSE 2.0 Linked to Improved Outcomes in NAFLD Patients With Obesity Steatosis resolved in 53% of patients who underwent this minimally invasive procedure May 24, 2022
G-POEM for Ongoing Gastroparesis Eases Symptoms Long Term Study showed nearly two-thirds achieved clinical success at 3 years May 23, 2022
Added Value With CAD, Mucosal Exposure Device for Pinpointing Adenomas Study aims to offer comparative data on quality improvement tools during standard colonoscopy May 23, 2022
Screening Colonoscopy With Add-On AI Could Save $290 Million a Year Modeling study shows cost-effectiveness to cut colorectal cancer incidence, mortality May 22, 2022
Concerning Spike in Barrett's Esophagus, Esophageal Cancer in Middle-Age Adults Should these patients undergo screening, especially if they have risk factors? May 15, 2022
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Lean Patients Linked With CVD Risk "Too often, we overlook NAFLD patients with a normal BMI," researcher says May 14, 2022
Could Gallstone Disease Predict Pancreatic Cancer? Researchers urge more attention to gallstone disease patients with atypical symptoms May 13, 2022
Antibiotics Heighten Risk for IBD in Seniors Registry-based study finds association with antibiotics that target gastrointestinal pathogens May 13, 2022
GI Disruption Lasts for Months in Many COVID Survivors Persistently loose stools were most common after-effect May 24, 2021
People With IBS See Silver Lining in Lockdown Stay-at-home order tied to less external stress, easing gut-brain symptoms May 24, 2021
ECDS Proves Mettle for Drainage in Distal Biliary Obstruction Clinical outcomes mirror gold standard approach; stent patency may be superior May 23, 2021
Blacks Drop More Lbs After Weight Loss Surgery, But Morbidity is an Issue Higher odds of 30-day adverse events after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy May 22, 2021
Microbiome Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff Advance Clinical trial success for two proprietary bacteria mixtures May 22, 2021
Probiotics Protect Overweight, Older Patients From Coughs and Wheeze Trial affirms "gut-lung" link but with important caveats May 14, 2021
Diversity in Pancreatic Cancer Trials Lacking White patients typically overrepresented at expense of racial, ethnic minorities May 14, 2021
Adding GLP-1 Drug Makes Sleeve Gastroplasty a Diabetes Treatment Endoscopic procedure could yield benefits now seen only with more invasive surgery May 14, 2021
Pandemic Drinking Took Swift Toll on the Gut, Liver Alcohol-related inpatient consults soared, remained high even after reopening May 14, 2021
Blood Test Promising as Colorectal Cancer Screen In early study, better numbers than with current alternatives to colonoscopy May 07, 2020
Ranitidine Cancer Risk: Health Records Offer Reassurance Huge study finds no indication that nitrosamine contamination affected real-world outcomes May 05, 2020
For IBS Patients, Cannabis Linked to Fewer Rehospitalizations, Shorter Stays 30-day readmission rate and overall costs were lower in cannabis users May 05, 2020
Fatty Liver Afflicts Most 9/11 'Ground Zero' Workers Researchers blame toxin exposure during recovery and cleanup effort Apr 30, 2020
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
Patients on Opioids May Fail to Properly Prep for Colonoscopy Study finds users also more likely to suffer complications Jun 07, 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
Evidence Grows for Colon Cancer Occurrence in Younger People Alarming increases in people ages Jun 03, 2018
Racial Gaps Persist in ALD Patients Eligible for Transplant Disparities found regarding liver transplant, mortality Jun 03, 2018
