CHICAGO – Larazotide acetate, a first-in-class oral medication developed specifically to treat celiac disease, reduced both gastrointestinal and non-GI symptoms in patients who were symptomatic...
CHICAGO – Prucalopride, a high-affinity serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine4 receptor agonist, proved effective for the treatment of severe chronic constipation in men in a phase III clinical trial.
In...
CHICAGO – Adding a small rubber tip with flexible, circular rings to the end of a colonoscope dramatically improves polyp and adenoma detection during colonoscopy, according to interim results from a...
CHICAGO – Adding a small rubber tip with flexible, circular rings to the end of a colonoscope dramatically improves polyp and adenoma detection during colonoscopy, according to interim results from a...
CHICAGO – More and more elderly people are getting infected with Clostridium difficile, and many get readmitted to the hospital after initial treatment for this potentially deadly diarrheal...
CHICAGO – More and more elderly people are getting infected with Clostridium difficile, and many get readmitted to the hospital after initial treatment for this potentially deadly diarrheal...
CHICAGO – More and more elderly people are getting infected with Clostridium difficile, and many get readmitted to the hospital after initial treatment for this potentially deadly diarrheal...
CHICAGO – A newly developed oral capsule may offer chronic idiopathic constipation patients a novel, nonpharmacologic approach to treatment: It vibrates as it moves through the intestines.
In a...
CHICAGO – Endoscopic ultrasound can be a long, uncomfortable, and even painful procedure. But electroacupuncture starting 45 minutes before the procedure significantly decreased the need for drugs to...
CHICAGO – Gastroesophageal reflux disease may constitute a heretofore unrecognized risk factor for coronary heart disease.
In a nationwide case-control study of prodigious proportions,...