Gastroentero...

Gastroenterology (MeSH heading)[1] is a branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster (gen.: gastros) (stomach), enteron (intestine), and logos (reason). In the United States, Gastroenterology is an Internal Medicine Subspecialty certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and theAmerican Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine (AOBIM).

Nontoxigenic C. difficile colonization reduces recurrence rates

Posted on: 05/05/2015 - 16:00

Treatment with the spores of nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile is well tolerated, and successful colonization of the gastrointestinal tract is associ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Fecal microbiota transplant effective for C. difficile infections

Posted on: 04/05/2015 - 22:00

Fecal microbiota transplant seems to have a significant positive effect on recurring Clostridium difficile infections, according to a systematic revie... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

EASL: Mortality and CV burden increase with NAFLD severity

Posted on: 04/05/2015 - 18:23

VIENNA – As the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases, so does the risk for death and cardiovascular disease, according to ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ILC: Statins linked to better outcomes in hepatitis C cirrhosis

Posted on: 03/05/2015 - 15:53

VIENNA – Patients infected with hepatitis C virus who developed cirrhosis and received statin treatment had significantly lower rates of both death ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Acid exposure time found most useful in pH-impedance testing

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 06:01

pH-impedance testing best predicted response to reflux treatment when patients were off proton pump inhibitors, and abnormal acid exposure time was th... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Capsule colonoscopy improved, but limitations persist

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 06:01

When compared with conventional colonoscopy, capsule colonoscopy had a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 82% for detecting adenomas of at least ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Inpatient cirrhosis mortality has dropped, except when patients had sepsis

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 05:01

Hospital mortality among patients with cirrhosis fell by 41% in the United States between 2002 and 2010, far outpacing improvements in survival among ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein predicted chronic HCV interferon response

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 05:01

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein prevented hepatitis C virus from entering liver cells and predicted interferon response among patients with chronic H... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Biomarker correlates with pancreatic cancer severity

Posted on: 29/04/2015 - 22:12

HOUSTON – A circulating biomarker has the potential to identify metastatic pancreatic cancer and may be able to predict prognosis, investigators sai... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

HCV increases general cancer risk

Posted on: 27/04/2015 - 21:26

VIENNA– In addition to dramatically increasing the risk of liver cancer more than 68-fold, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection more than doubl... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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