Tag: Gastrointestinal Problems
Digestive Disease Week, May 21-24
Digestive Disease Week 2016 The annual Digestive Disease Week was held from May 21 to 24 in San Diego and attracted approximately 16,000...
DDW: Fecal Transplant Might Help Relieve Symptoms of Colitis
Fecal microbiota transplantation found to improve symptoms in treatment-resistant patients
Infection Control Measures Established for Ebola Care
Measures described in first U.S. community hospital to care for patients with Ebola virus disease
Regular Aspirin Use May Protect Against Bile Duct Cancer
People who took it regularly were three times less likely to develop the disease
No Link for Tea, Coffee Intake With Barrett’s Esophagus
Associations seen in univariate analysis, but no correlation after adjustment for confounders
Ozanimod Shows Promise for Ulcerative Colitis Remission
Preliminary study too short and too small to establish clinical efficacy
USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Celiac Disease Screening
Evidence is inadequate for assessing harms, benefits of screening in asymptomatic individuals
Detecting, Isolating C. difficile Carriers Beneficial
Strategy linked to decrease in the incidence of health care-associated C. difficile infection
Optimized Tx Linked to Lasting Pain Relief in Chronic Pancreatitis
Significant pain relief achieved in 84.7 percent of patients at one-year follow-up; most with medical tx
Colonic Diverticular Disease Linked to Dementia Risk
Elevated risk of dementia after adjustment for age, sex, and comorbidities
