Gastroenterology

Bristol Myers Squibb announced positive results from its phase 3 CheckMate-648 trial of nivolumab for the treatment of patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.According to study results, among…

In this video exclusive, Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, FACG, Aline Charabaty, MD and David T. Rubin, MD, highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the use of social media.Afzali, from the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at The Ohio State…

More than 40% of older adults in the United States said they utilized online ratings or reviews when choosing their doctor, according to survey data published in Annals of Internal Medicine.The online ratings and reviews were viewed as…

Low-dose aspirin suppressed the recurrence of colorectal polyps in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, according to research in The Lancet.“The standard treatment for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is total colectomy.…

In this video exclusive, Pol Boudes, MD, chief medical officer of Galectin Therapeutics, spoke about NAVIGATEnash.com, a website for physicians and patients to get information on cirrhosis stemming from nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.The…

(MedPage Today) -- More than 40% of patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) had objective responses that were durable in most cases following treatment with a multitargeted fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitor, a…

The top priority in the field of transplantation is to ensure that donor organs are allocated to the patients with the greatest need. Source link

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is encouraging health care professionals to ask Congress to hold a hearing on proposed legislation that would establish a permanent standard time nationwide.“Legislation introduced in Congress would…

Surgeons who wore clear masks were considered by patients to “be better communicators, have more empathy and elicit greater trust” than surgeons who wore masks that obscured a full view of their faces, researchers reported.Based on the…

Researchers recently found evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in the mouth, specifically in the salivary glands and tissues lining the oral cavity, suggesting that it is a site for potential infection and transmission.It is known…

The American Gastroenterological Association published new clinical practice guidelines on the use of intragastric balloons in obesity management.“Endoscopic bariatric therapies have evolved as an attractive tool for weight loss,…

Experts have uncovered a new molecular reason why faecal transplants are highly effective in treating infections such as C. difficile (a nasty bacteria that can infect the bowel), which could lead to more targeted treatments for this and…

Endoscopy with linked color imaging may help improve adenoma detection, particularly among endoscopists who normally have lower adenoma detection rates, according to study results.“Linked color imaging is a new equipment-based…

Health care workers said a “care bundle” they created that includes WaterWipes, Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm and Mepitac Tape reduced the number of facial pressure injuries caused by prolonged use of personal protective…

The Orphan Drug Act, passed in good faith to help patients with rare diseases in 1983, has been at the center of multiple controversies in recent years. A study published last month in Health Affairs has added fuel to that fire.The key…

Opioid prescriptions rates for gastrointestinal conditions continue to increase, with renewals of existing prescriptions being the main driver, according to a study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.“In this population-based…

(MedPage Today) -- With obesity affecting 40% of the U.S. population, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released new recommendations on the therapeutic role of intragastric balloons (IGBs). These devices have been…

Acknowledging racism is a primary cause of health inequities is necessary if the medical community is to begin working toward closing these gaps, according to the chief health equity officer for the AMA.Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, who also…

(MedPage Today) -- New projections for cancer trends over the next 2 decades suggest that the incidence of melanoma will continue to increase, and that there will be more deaths from pancreatic and liver cancers, fewer cases of prostate…

Patients with Crohn’s disease who were biologic naive had similar rates of clinical remission and speed of onset whether they were treated with Remicade or Stelara, according to study results.“Rapidity of symptom relief has become a…