FPN || Digestive Disorders

Interferon-free regimen improves response in HCV

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 21:25

CHICAGO – Treating patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1a or 1b with 12 weeks of an experimental interferon-free, triple-drug oral regimen produced good sustained virologic response rates with...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

VIDEO: When to screen for celiac disease in hypothyroidism

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 20:45

CHICAGO – Patients with hypothyroidism who needed higher doses of levothyroxine were more likely to have celiac disease, according to a study released at the annual Digestive Disease Week. In a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: When to screen for celiac disease in hypothyroidism

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 20:45

CHICAGO – Patients with hypothyroidism who needed higher doses of levothyroxine were more likely to have celiac disease, according to a study released at the annual Digestive Disease Week. In a...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopic polypectomy means shorter hospital stays

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 14:00

Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopic polypectomy works as well as standard laparoscopic hemicolectomy to remove difficult to reach polyps in the right colon, with fewer complications and shorter...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

NAFLD mortality higher in normal weight patients

Posted on: 04/05/2014 - 20:45

Lean patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had a higher overall mortality than did overweight or obese patients with NAFLD, according to a review of 1,090 biopsy-confirmed patients in the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Anti-TNFs equal in Crohn’s disease

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

There is no significant difference between infliximab and adalimumab in Crohn’s disease, reported Dr. Mark T. Osterman and his colleagues in the May 1 issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Simeprevir and sofosbuvir combo offers high SVR rates

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 19:10

LONDON – Cure rates of 93%-100% were achieved in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 treated with both simeprevir and sofosbuvir despite the presence of advanced cirrhosis in a phase...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

All-oral, triple-acting HCV regimen cures more than 90% of cirrhotic cases

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 18:50

LONDON – More than 90% of patients with chronic hepatitis C and compensated cirrhosis treated with a triple-acting, all-oral, direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimen achieved sustained virologic...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Simvastatin improves survival in cirrhosis-linked variceal bleeding

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 18:10

LONDON – Simvastatin improves short-term survival after variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis, results of a phase III, randomized, double blind study have shown. At 2 years’ follow-up in the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Data derail dogma of elective diverticulitis surgery

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 15:35

BOSTON – The risks of readmission and emergency surgery are low for patients with acute diverticulitis initially managed nonoperatively, a population-based, competing risk analysis found. At a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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