More than 28% of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) virus infection met at least one criterion for cirrhosis, while only 7% had biopsy confirmation of the condition, investigators reported in...
SEATTLE – “Biomarkers have a promising role in the early detection and risk stratification of colonic neoplasia,” Dr. Hemant K. Roy said at a joint meeting by Global Biomarkers Consortium and World...
A 60-year-old man comes to clinic following an episode of diverticulitis. He was treated with a course of amoxicillin clavulanate and improved. He asks, “What is the best way to prevent a...
Childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk for developing an intestinal obstruction requiring surgery (IOS) 5 or more years after the initial cancer diagnosis, according to a study based on...
Reprocessing guidelines currently in place for clinical gastrointestinal endoscopes need to be reevaluated and updated as soon as possible, according to a new study published in the American Journal...
Clinical outcomes of elderly patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) were similar enough to outcomes of younger patients that doctors may...
Addressing recent outbreaks of serious, sometimes fatal infections associated with duodenoscopes, the Food and Drug Administration has issued recommendations for taking extra steps to improve the...
Patients with acute pancreatitis who received pentoxifylline had fewer ICU admissions and shorter ICU and hospital stays than placebo-treated controls, according to a small, randomized double-blind...
More than half of patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis who had not responded to optimized mesalamine treatment achieved clinical remission with the addition of 3 grams of curcumin daily,...
Neither childhood immunizations nor H1N1 influenza vaccination increased the risk of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a meta-analysis of 11 studies in the August issue of Clinical...
