MELD Scoring for Liver Transplants in Need of Sex Adjustment, Study Says Researchers find "pervasive sex differences" in sodium-adjusted MELD scoring system May 18, 2022
Younger People More Likely to Undergo Colonoscopy After Guideline Change But most colonoscopies still done in those ages 50-54 May 17, 2022
Investigational Liver Drug Also Effective in Patients With Hypothyroidism "This is yet another reason endocrinologists should get involved in fatty liver disease" 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
COVID in Newborns Linked With Necrotizing Enterocolitis Risk Indonesian study of infants born to COVID-positive mothers also found associations with asphyxia May 12, 2022
Oral Retinoid May Ease Painful Skin Reactions to Anticancer Therapy Preliminary data on acitretin therapy are promising May 11, 2022
Fecal Transplant for Recurrent C. Diff Tied to Improved Mental Health Dutch study showed associations with less severe depression and better self-rated health May 11, 2022
Fatigue Tied to Worse Outcomes in Patients With NASH Scores indicating worse fatigue associated with liver-related and decompensation events May 09, 2022
More Inflammatory Foods, More Fecal Incontinence? Data from the Nurses' Health Study finds higher risk May 06, 2022
Two New Regimens Win FDA Approval for H. Pylori Infection Dual and triple vonoprazan-based treatments offer physicians another set of options May 04, 2022
New Guidelines Target Cancer Risk in Rare GI Syndromes Task force focuses on diagnosis, management of gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis syndromes Apr 28, 2022
Unusual Hepatitis Spreads; IBD and Erectile Dysfunction; Can PFAS Harm Livers? News and commentary from the world of gastroenterology and hepatology Apr 28, 2022
Perianal Fistulas in Crohn's Signal Greater Disease Burden U.S. registry finds greater medication use and twice as many IBD-related surgeries Apr 27, 2022
Study Debunks COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Danish study finds no association between mRNA vaccines and appendicitis Apr 25, 2022
Pregnant Woman With Crohn's Disease Experiences Perianal Pain Pain may be sole symptom of Fournier's gangrene in the immunosuppressed Apr 25, 2022
CDC Issues Advisory on Mystery Hepatitis Cases in Kids Agency eyes adenovirus infection as possible cause behind recently reported cases Apr 22, 2022
Not All Good News When It Comes to Surging POEM Use for Achalasia Study finds 19-fold increase since 2010, and more healthcare utilization along with it Apr 22, 2022
Two Surgeries for Chronic GERD Yield Similar Long-Term Outcomes Swedish trial finds partial and total fundoplication on par, 15 years later Apr 21, 2022
Crohn's Fistulas Heal Better With Combined Surgical-TNF Blocker Approach Some, but not all, key outcomes prove better in clinical trial Apr 18, 2022
Pre-Op TNF Blockers Cleared of Infection Risk in IBD Patients Largest prospective cohort study finds no increase in postoperative infections Apr 14, 2022
PPIs Linked to Better Survival for One Group With Cirrhosis Large VA study shows potential benefit for one group, risk for the rest Apr 11, 2022
Can Disposable Gastroscopes Hold Their Own? Non-inferiority trial vs conventional gastroscopes the first to examine devices head-to-head Apr 05, 2022
Black Patients More Often Get 'Substandard' Care for GI Cancers Retrospective study finds worse surgical outcomes, lower odds of receiving chemotherapy Apr 04, 2022
Living Donor Transplant Promising for CRC With Liver-Only Metastases In small study, researchers see "encouraging" survival outcomes Mar 30, 2022
Reassuring Data on Two-Dose Hep B Vaccine, Risk of Acute MI No significantly greater risk with Heplisav-B versus Engerix-B Mar 28, 2022
Delayed Dx in Patient With Persistent Back Pain, Diarrhea Focusing on patients' medical history may help avoid diagnostic errors and cognitive biases Mar 28, 2022
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: How Safe Are They for the Gallbladder? Link with gallbladder, biliary diseases could be due to weight loss associated with class of drug Mar 28, 2022
In Cirrhosis, Less Activity Equals Worse Outcomes The lower the daily step count, the higher the risk of hospitalization and death Mar 23, 2022
Rinvoq Approved for UC; HCC Combo Flops; Disney Grants Pass to IBS Patient News and commentary from the world of gastroenterology and hepatology Mar 17, 2022
Default Order in Hospitals' EHR Doubles Hepatitis C Screening About 70% of patients completed screening with intervention versus 38% with conventional alert Mar 17, 2022
Can a Wearable for Sleep Positioning Help With Nocturnal Reflux? In sham-controlled trial, active device reduced GERD symptoms Mar 16, 2022
Getting a Cure to Hepatitis C Patients Who Use Injection Drugs Randomized trial found that HCV care housed at a harm reduction center improved chances Mar 14, 2022
Fecal Microbiome Markers Detect Pancreatic Cancer With 'High Accuracy' These markers need to be tested in a prospective cohort before clinical impact can be determined Mar 10, 2022
Robotic Hepatectomy Shows Benefits Over Laparoscopic Surgery Shorter hospital stay, similar perioperative outcomes in matched analysis Mar 10, 2022
Is ctDNA Useful for Surveillance in Resected CRC? Small study suggests no advantage compared to imaging alone or with CEA measurement Mar 08, 2022
EHR 'Nudge' Linked to Fewer C. Diff Tests for Organ Transplant Recipients The program also led to fewer days of antibiotics and cost savings Mar 07, 2022
Traditional Dietary Advice May Be Best for IBS Shows similar efficacy to gluten-free and low FODMAP diets in randomized trial Mar 03, 2022
Kids With IBD Need Close Monitoring as They Grow Up Meta-analysis confirms: substantially increased cancer risk in adulthood Mar 02, 2022
