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Online recommendations provide constantly updated HCV management guidelines

Posted on: 26/06/2015 - 17:42

The newest guidelines for testing, managing, and treating hepatic C infections in adults are part of a “living document” – a constantly updated online resource that reflects the ever-changing world...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Adenoma detection rates affect CRC rates, mortality

Posted on: 16/06/2015 - 16:00

In an average-risk population, screening colonoscopies yield different incidences of colorectal cancer and different cancer-related mortality, depending on the operators’ adenoma detection rates,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Research focus on drug-induced liver injury on the rise

Posted on: 15/06/2015 - 11:34

PHILADELPHIA – Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) continues to be a hot topic, but new advances have helped increase the amount of research done and improve the quality of treatment for patients...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: New and emerging options for management of NAFLD

Posted on: 13/06/2015 - 19:16

PHILADELPHIA – The topic of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was discussed at length by Dr. Zobair M. Younossi, a physician with the Inova Health...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Early ERCP reduces LOS, costs of acute pancreatitis without cholangitis

Posted on: 13/06/2015 - 16:57

Washington – When it’s given early in the course of treatment for patients who have acute pancreatitis and biliary obstruction without cholangitis, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Confusion surrounding hepatic encephalopathy persists

Posted on: 13/06/2015 - 15:32

PHILADELPHIA – The treatment of patients with hepatic encephalopathy is still plagued by confusion, misdiagnosis, and poor treatment, and requires new protocols to improve overall patient care....

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Treament of IBS should focus on head as well as gut

Posted on: 12/06/2015 - 22:52

PHILADELPHIA – The pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was the focus of a presentation given by Dr. Anthony J. Lembo at the 2nd annual Digestive Diseases meeting in Philadelphia on...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Celiac disease remains underdiagnosed

Posted on: 12/06/2015 - 16:27

Celiac disease is not uncommon, affecting about 1% of the population in the United States and around the world, but the biggest barrier to patients receiving treatment is practitioners’ failure to...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Barrett’s esophagus increasing in frequency

Posted on: 12/06/2015 - 12:45

Patients with Barrett’s esophagus, a condition in which cells lining the esophagus are replaced by the type of cells that normally line the intestine, need to be monitored carefully to prevent the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

New drugs saw ‘unprecedented’ spending growth in 2014

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 16:48

Led by new treatments for hepatitis C, there was an “unprecedented $20.2 billion increase in spending” for new medicines in 2014, which was triple the 2013 level, according to a <a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Online recommendations provide constantly updated HCV management guidelines

Adenoma detection rates affect CRC rates, mortality

Research focus on drug-induced liver injury on the rise

VIDEO: New and emerging options for management of NAFLD

Early ERCP reduces LOS, costs of acute pancreatitis without cholangitis

Confusion surrounding hepatic encephalopathy persists

Treament of IBS should focus on head as well as gut

Celiac disease remains underdiagnosed

Barrett’s esophagus increasing in frequency

New drugs saw ‘unprecedented’ spending growth in 2014

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