Gastroenterology
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Ulcerative colitis cases projected to top 2 million in eight countries by 2031
GlobalData epidemiologists attribute the predicted increases in UC prevalence and incidence to changes in population dynamics in each country.
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Nearly one in three patients with IBD affected by skin lesions
“Skin lesions in IBD patients are much more prevalent than it is generally accepted. The lesions may be related to the pathogenesis of IBD, but it...
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COVID raises risk for long-term GI complications
“Are patients attributing their symptoms to COVID, or is COVID itself creating a background of inflammation or changes in the nerves that are...
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CDC recommends screening all adults for hepatitis B
“Risk-based testing alone has not identified most persons living with chronic HBV infection and is considered inefficient for providers to...
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Are you misdiagnosing IBS? Watch out for this mimic
A 39-year-old’s flare-ups were caused by some foods that aren’t typical IBS triggers.
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What do high BUN/Cr ratios mean?
What is the most likely source of this patient’s bleeding?
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Mental health risks higher among young people with IBD
“Anxiety and depression will not be a surprise to most of us. But we also saw changes for eating disorders, PTSD, and sleep changes.”
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EoE: One-food elimination works as well as six-food elimination
“The takeaway message is that one-food (milk) elimination is an effective treatment and a reasonable first-line treatment for EoE.”
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IBD: More patients on vedolizumab vs. anti-TNFs at 2 years
Vedolizumab showed a higher overall 1- and 2-year persistence of use, compared with two anti–tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in both Crohn’s...
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Cannabis tied to lower IBD mortality, hospital costs
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who concurrently use cannabis show a highly significant reduction in inpatient mortality and hospital...
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Celiac disease appears to double COVID-19 hospitalization risk
“To our knowledge this is the first study that demonstrated a vaccination effect on mitigation of the risk of hospitalization in celiac disease...