Drug Hits Target in Advanced Biliary Cancer Responses in up to a third of patients with FGFR inhibitor infigratinib Jan 19, 2021
Liquid Biopsy Predicts Colon Cancer Relapse Months Before CT Test for ctDNA outperformed existing biomarker, may help guide therapy Jan 17, 2021
New Target to Attack in Stomach Cancer PFS, OS improved with fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitor in non-HER2 disease Jan 16, 2021
Copay Assistance Programs Help Patients but Confuse Them Too Insurers keep track of their use and in some cases won't apply them to patient deductibles Jan 13, 2021
Gut Microbiome and COVID-19 Severity: New Evidence for Link Lab study finds certain patterns associated with more serious illness Jan 11, 2021
COVID-19: A Clear Affinity for the Digestive System GI manifestations may be a red flag for more severe disease and worse outcomes Jan 04, 2021
Diet Curbs GERD Beyond Acid Suppressants Study finds five anti-reflux behaviors could prevent almost 40% of the symptoms in women Jan 04, 2021
Laparoscopic Lavage a Safe Option in Perforated Diverticulitis No difference versus resection in long-term severe complications, but recurrence more common Dec 29, 2020
GI Bleeds Tied to Worse Prognosis for COVID-19 Inpatients Anticoagulation or antiplatelet agents not tied to higher risk of bleeding in cohort study Dec 22, 2020
Young-Onset Esophageal Cancer Rapidly Increasing Physicians should be on the alert for younger patients with dysphagia, researchers urge Dec 16, 2020
IBD and COVID-19: Who Is at Risk? Worse outcomes for older patients and those with comorbidities and on steroids Dec 12, 2020
Can Some Treatments Be Stopped in IBD? With combination therapy, some patients successfully withdrew the TNF inhibitor Dec 11, 2020
Ozanimod a Winner in Ulcerative Colitis S1P receptor modulator effective for both induction and maintenance Dec 10, 2020
Smoking Worsens Crohn's Disease Smokers were more likely to have stricturing or penetrating disease, Canadian study showed Dec 10, 2020
COVID-19 Fears Tied to More Appendix Perforations in Kids Visits to a pediatric emergency department in Virginia declined during pandemic Dec 04, 2020
Study Reassures on MS Patients' Breast, Colorectal Cancer Risk But higher incidence of other cancers in Canadian data Nov 25, 2020
Adult Complications of the Fontan Procedure This AP Cardiology podcast episode tackles cirrhosis, arrhythmias, and pregnancy risks Nov 25, 2020 podcast
C-Section Babies More Likely to Develop Infections in Early Childhood Potential microbiome effect? Nov 19, 2020
Elective Sigmoidectomy Boosts QOL in Recurrent Diverticulitis Surgical management associated with more major complications than standard therapy Nov 18, 2020
COVID-19 and MIS-C: Two Diseases, One Virus in Kids Both clinical profiles and even outcomes varied, researcher says Nov 17, 2020
Chronic Liver Conditions Raise Risk of Death in COVID-19 Patients Alcohol appears to play major role, researcher says Nov 16, 2020
Trial Finds Semaglutide Resolves NASH in Many Obese Adults But "unexpected" lack of improvement in fibrosis stage vs placebo Nov 13, 2020
Non-Cardiac Surgery Poses 'Sobering' Risks for People With LVADs MACE rate reached as high as 16.9% after some procedures Nov 12, 2020
More Evidence Early Mortality Persists in IBD Canadian study shows treatment advances haven't erased lifespan deficit Nov 09, 2020
Gut Bacteria for Psoriasis; Long-Term Hair Growth; COVID and STDs Selected presentations from the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology virtual conference Nov 05, 2020
Bariatric Surgery in Heart Failure Andrew Perry, MD, delves into its role with Radha Gopalan, MD Nov 02, 2020 podcast
New-Onset Diabetes and Pancreas Cysts a Risky Mix Study provides support for assessing diabetes markers in pancreatic cyst surveillance Oct 28, 2020
Initial GI Symptoms Independently Tied to Poor COVID-19 Outcomes Separate study finds diarrhea as a presenting symptom portended worse disease Oct 27, 2020
Kiwifruit Better Tolerated Than Prunes or Psyllium for Chronic Constipation Kiwi tied to fewer adverse events and greater patient satisfaction Oct 26, 2020
More Data Tie Biologics to Fewer Colectomies in Ulcerative Colitis Temporal trends analysis found reduction coincided with linear increase in prevalence of biologic medication Oct 26, 2020
Anal Cancer on the Rise in U.S., Especially in Women Whites also had a higher risk than Blacks for HPV-linked disease Oct 26, 2020
FIT Could Accurately Rule Out CRC in Symptomatic Patients Outperforms symptoms in sensitivity and equals colonoscopy at 2 µg/g hemoglobin cutoff Oct 22, 2020
More Hospitals Offering Uterus Transplant More transplant programs opening outside of clinical trials, but questions about cost and access remain Oct 22, 2020
Bariatric Surgery Boosts Life Expectancy, Long-Term Data Show Gain of 3 years in Swedish study Oct 14, 2020
Surprise Billing Seen Likely for Many Colonoscopies And would be illegal for uncomplicated procedures Oct 12, 2020
With H. Pylori, Higher-Dose PPIs May Promote Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Retrospective Israeli study comes with many caveats, however Sep 24, 2020
Positive Anti-PD-1 Data in Gastric, Esophageal Cancer Better OS, PFS with nivolumab, pembrolizumab in advanced/metastatic disease Sep 23, 2020
