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 – 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,...
Communication and collaborative use of technology by physicians who serve underserved populations and by specialists can enhance patient management and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection,...
CHICAGO – Several medical societies recommend that patients with cirrhosis undergo ultrasound surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma every 6 months, but studies suggest less than 20% receive...
CHICAGO – Gastroesophageal reflux disease may constitute a heretofore unrecognized risk factor for coronary heart disease.
In a nationwide case-control study of prodigious proportions,...
CHICAGO – The investigational ghrelin agonist RM-131 significantly improved gastric emptying and vomiting in patients with diabetic gastroparesis in a phase II, double-blind study.
Gastric emptying...
CHICAGO – Two old workhorses in the treatment of hepatitis C are being put out to pasture – interferon and ribavirin.
Newer, less toxic oral regimens can cure more patients with fewer side effects,...
