FPN || Gastroenterology

Gluten-free diet benefits patients with celiac disease serum markers

Posted on: 01/09/2014 - 05:01

A gluten-free diet benefited asymptomatic patients with serologic markers for celiac disease in a prospective randomized study. The findings support active screening for celiac disease in patients...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

It’s tough to find a good fecal donor

Posted on: 29/08/2014 - 18:35

Finding healthy stool donors for fecal transplant may be a tough prospect. That’s what Australian researchers have discovered in the course of the <link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Fecal transplant cured severe or complicated C. difficile

Posted on: 29/08/2014 - 17:45

Fecal microbiota transplantation successfully treated severe and/or complicated Clostridium difficile infection in a retrospective, multicenter, long-term follow-up study of 17 patients in...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Typical risk factors don’t always red-flag coronary disease in IBD patients

Posted on: 25/08/2014 - 20:50

Coronary artery disease may develop at a younger age in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, even when they have fewer traditional risk factors for heart problems. A database review of...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA okays DNA stool test for CRC screening; Medicare considers coverage

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 21:00

The Food and Drug Administration has approved another noninvasive alternative to colonoscopy for screening for colorectal cancer, this one a stool-based test that detects the presence of red blood...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer, mortality

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 21:00

One-time-only screening for colorectal cancer using flexible sigmoidoscopy reduced colorectal cancer incidence by 20% and colorectal cancer–specific mortality by 27% in a Norwegian study involving...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer, mortality

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 21:00

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Simulation model projects HCV to be rare by 2026

Posted on: 04/08/2014 - 22:00

A simulation model that incorporated a one-time universal screening of U.S. adults for hepatitis C virus and made conservative assumptions as to the availability and efficacy of various therapies...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Vary CRC screening by age, sex, race, ethnicity?

Posted on: 01/08/2014 - 05:01

Among adults at average risk for colorectal cancer who undergo screening colonoscopy, the yield of large polyps and tumors varies widely by patient age, sex, race, and ethnicity. This means that an...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Less than 20% report serious disability 13 years after IBD diagnosis

Posted on: 01/08/2014 - 05:01

Only a minority of patients with longstanding inflammatory bowel disease – 19% of those with Crohn’s disease and 11% of those with ulcerative colitis – report having moderate to severe disability,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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