Did Fecal Transplant Stop COVID in Its Tracks? Two Polish patients co-infected with C difficile saw improvements Jul 06, 2021
PD-1 Inhibitor Boosts Survival in Treated Esophageal Cancer Benefit with China-developed tislelizumab in all patients and EU-North American subgroup Jul 06, 2021
Are Antibiotics Linked to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer? With cases increasing globally, researchers look to these commonly used drugs Jul 03, 2021
One GI Symptom Stuck Around Months After Severe COVID But most symptoms resolved within 3 months, researchers found Jul 02, 2021
Cases of Rare Liver Complication Seen With Severe COVID-19 Higher prevalence of condition in COVID patients than influenza patients, researcher says Jul 01, 2021
Adjuvant Combo Boosts Survival in Resected Pancreatic Cancer Four-month gain in OS with the addition of nab-paclitaxel to gemcitabine Jun 30, 2021
Novel Liver Assist Device Safe for Patients With Cirrhosis Small preliminary trial also shows hints of promising clinical results Jun 29, 2021
Resmetirom Delivers Promising Outcomes in NASH Without Invasive Follow-Up Real-world study also identifies noninvasive markers for treatment response Jun 29, 2021
Food Insecurity Tied to More Liver Disease Deaths Social determinants of health play a key role, study found Jun 28, 2021
Dads With Obesity Mostly Cleared in Their Children's NAFLD U.K. study confirms it's mainly mom's fault Jun 28, 2021
Ranitidine Did Not Convert to Carcinogen in Two Small FDA Studies However, don't expect the drug's return to market anytime soon, say editorialists Jun 28, 2021
Adding PD-1 Inhibitor Shows Promise in Potentially Resectable HCC "Safe and successful conversion therapy" with hepatic arterial infusion chemo plus sintilimab Jun 28, 2021
Tenofovir Treatment Lessened Risk of Severe COVID Infection in HBV But expert questions conclusion of small study from Spain Jun 27, 2021
Bulevirtide Shows Promise in Tough-to-Treat Hepatitis D Significant responses seen with novel agent for "devil" disease Jun 27, 2021
Big Jump in Monthly Average Hospital Admission for Alcoholic Hepatitis Post-Pandemic Long-term impact of alcohol uptake on liver health during COVID-19 crisis remains unknown Jun 26, 2021
Liver Fibrosis Linked to Lower Response to COVID Vaccine Third dose may be needed in this population as well as some transplant patients, says researcher Jun 25, 2021
The Murky Post-Pandemic Future of Hepatitis C Elimination in the U.S. Modeling study demonstrates need to rebound or risk losing progress Jun 25, 2021
Rise in Alcohol Dependence Seen During Pandemic AUD in U.K. study tied to worse COVID outcomes and more mental health problems as well Jun 25, 2021
Liver Disease Tied to Increased Risk of Death From Severe COVID French study of hospitalized patients also saw an increased risk of mechanical ventilation Jun 24, 2021
Obesity Ups Risk of Erosive Esophagitis in Middle-Age Adults Japanese study researchers note it may also increase risk for GERD Jun 16, 2021
Start Thinking 'Cure'; One More Hug; Mortgages and Breast Cancer Survival News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 16, 2021
One in Five Inpatients Needing Endoscopy Experienced Delays Single-center study identified predictors for delay, readmission Jun 15, 2021
ACP: Pump the Brakes on New Organ Procurement Method Organization says NRP-cDCD may violate dead-donor rule Jun 15, 2021
Several Factors Contribute to GI Bleeding Mortality Risk Patients hospitalized due to GI bleeding less likely to die from it, French researchers found Jun 14, 2021
What Leads to Patients With Diabetes Relapsing After Bariatric Surgery? Risk factors included longer diabetes duration, higher preop HbA1c in Swedish study Jun 14, 2021
Nearly a Five-Fold Difference Between States in Use of Bariatric Surgery Weight loss procedure underutilized in areas with highest obesity prevalence Jun 13, 2021
Tweaking Maintenance Options in Metastatic CRC Two studies move the needle, but no major breakthroughs Jun 11, 2021
No Difference in Disease Markers for IBD Patients Treated With Biosimilars U.K. study shows comparable results after a year Jun 10, 2021
COVID Vaccine Protection; 'Until You Die From the Cancer'; What's Palliative Care? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 10, 2021
Bispecific Antibody Active in NRG1-Positive Pancreatic Cancer Zenocutuzumab turns in promising results in early-phase trial involving multiple solid tumors Jun 10, 2021
Diabetic Man With Sclerosing Mesenteritis Experiences Glycemic Control With Steroids Case authors report an unexpected paradoxical effect Jun 07, 2021
Survival Boost With First-Line Immunotherapy for Esophageal Cancer Nivolumab plus ipilimumab or chemo offers new option for advanced, metastatic disease Jun 03, 2021
Tofacitinib May Cut Colectomy Risk in Hospitalized, Severe UC Small study found that patients appeared to benefit from limited-duration high-intensity therapy Jun 01, 2021
FDA Restricts Ocaliva Use in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Liver failure, need for liver transplant reported in patients with advanced cirrhosis May 27, 2021
Potassium Acid Blocker No Better Than PPI for Artificial Gastric Ulcers Small Japanese trial found similar outcomes with both drugs May 25, 2021
GI Disruption Lasts for Months in Many COVID Survivors Persistently loose stools were most common after-effect May 24, 2021
People With IBS See Silver Lining in Lockdown Stay-at-home order tied to less external stress, easing gut-brain symptoms May 24, 2021
Microbiome Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff Advance Clinical trial success for two proprietary bacteria mixtures May 22, 2021
These Risk Factors Can Make Severe Pancreatitis Worse Not surprisingly, clinical outcomes also suffered May 20, 2021
