Restoration of type I intrahepatic interferon signaling by the end of direct-acting antiviral treatment in patients with hepatitis C virus appears to facilitate HCV eradication and relapse...
For patients at intermediate risk for having a common duct stone, initial cholecystectomy resulted in a shorter hospital stay, fewer invasive procedures, and no increase in morbidity, compared with...
CHICAGO – Older adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are at risk for lessened bone mineral density for at least 2 years after their surgery and should be monitored appropriately for...
Few patients with hepatitis C virus infection complete all of the steps along a proposed HCV treatment cascade, according to a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
The findings identify...
Among noninstitutionalized Americans aged 65 years and older, 61.2% of women and 38% of men experience at least occasional urinary or bowel incontinence, the National Center for Health Statistics...
Nucleoside analogues are effective at preventing hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis B, but all are not equal when it comes to overall mortality and liver transplant, according to two new studies...
Pregnant mothers with celiac disease have little to fear when it comes to birth defects, despite previous underpowered reports to the contrary, wrote Daniela Zugna, Ph.D., and her colleagues in the...
Annual surveillance of serrated polyposis syndrome patients detected a relatively high rate of advanced adenomas and large serrated polyps, reported Dr. Yark Hazewinkel and colleagues in the July...
CHICAGO – Reoperative bariatric surgery has impressively low major morbidity and mortality, substantial 1-year weight loss, and a high rate of resolution of the common obesity-linked comorbid...
CHICAGO – The antihypertensive agent olmesartan is associated with increased risk of a severe sprue-like enteropathy, as highlighted in a nationwide French cohort study.
This olmesartan-related...
