Metabolic Surgery Cuts Cardiovascular Events for Obesity, Sleep Apnea
Risk reduced by more than one-third versus matched individuals without surgery
Hormone Therapy May Up Odds of GERD in Postmenopausal Women
Significant direct association seen between estrogen use, progestogen use, combined hormone therapy with gastroesophageal reflux disease
Incidence of Foodborne Pathogens Back to Prepandemic Levels
Annual incidences of illnesses caused by Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, and Listeria during 2022 similar to those during 2016 to 2018
Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tied to Reduced Cancer Incidence, Mortality in Men
Moderate, high CRF linked to lower colon cancer incidence; low, moderate, high CRF linked to lower prostate cancer mortality
Risk Factors Identified for Early-Onset Sporadic Colorectal Cancer
Independent risk factors include age, body mass index, comorbidity, first- or second-degree relative with CRC, alcohol use
Learning Curve Length Estimated for Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy
Learning curve for primary textbook outcome was 85 procedures, with primary textbook outcome rate plateauing at 70 percent
Pegozafermin Leads to Improvements in Fibrosis in NASH
Improvements also seen in NASH resolution with pegozafermin 15 or 30 mg weekly, or 44 mg every two weeks
Compliance With CMS Price Transparency Rule Improved With Penalty Increases
$500,000 increase in penalty linked to a 2.9 percentage point increase in compliance
Bulevirtide Linked to Decline in Hepatitis D Virus RNA Levels
Normalization of alanine aminotransferase also seen with bulevirtide 2- or 10-mg
CDC: Too Many Americans Cannot Access the Cure for Hepatitis C
Some state Medicaid programs and commercial insurers have restrictions that stand in the way of treatment
