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Disposable, self-administered new anal insert device effective for anal leakage

Posted on: 03/09/2014 - 16:30

WASHINGTON – A single-use, self-administered anal insert made of soft silicone was effective and safe in reducing episodes of accidental bowel leakage, in a multi-center, prospective open-label...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Disposable, self-administered new anal insert device effective for anal leakage

Posted on: 03/09/2014 - 16:30

WASHINGTON – A single-use, self-administered anal insert made of soft silicone was effective and safe in reducing episodes of accidental bowel leakage, in a multi-center, prospective open-label...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

IBS symptoms improve after fecal transplant

Posted on: 03/09/2014 - 14:25

Fecal microbiota transplant improved or alleviated symptoms in 70% of patients with refractory irritable bowel syndrome, a small retrospective study has determined. A single transfusion of fresh...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Multimorbidity and polypharmacy in the elderly: lessons from REPOSI

Posted on: 02/09/2014 - 21:47

What the internist has learnt from REPOSI? In the third millennium, internists and geriatricians must acquire a leading role, together with primary care physi- cians, in order to make health care systems fit for the management of an aging population. Are we ready for this formidable task? The... more

Field of Interest: General

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Long-term postoperative infliximab prevents Crohn’s recurrence

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

Maintenance treatment with infliximab beyond 1 year after ileocolonic resection for Crohn’s disease was associated with reduced recurrence in a prospective, open-label long-term follow-up...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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VIDEO: Vedolizumab may benefit Crohn’s patients who fail anti-TNF therapy

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

Vedolizumab was not superior to placebo for inducing remission at 6 weeks in patients with Crohn’s disease who failed to respond to anti–tumor necrosis factor therapy, according to findings from the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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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...

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COPPS-2 curtails colchicine enthusiasm

Posted on: 30/08/2014 - 12:00

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery who took colchicine had significantly less postpericardiotomy syndrome than did those on placebo, but this protective effect did not extend to postoperative atrial...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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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...

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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

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