Friday, October 31, 2014

Adjustable Intragastric Balloons: A 12 Month Pilot Trial in Endoscopic Weight Loss Management

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Objectives Intragastric balloons (IGBs) are associated with, 1) intolerances in the early period, 2) diminished weight loss after the...

Symptomatic bacterial contamination of an intragastric balloon

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A 45-year-old woman had an intragastric balloon placed endoscopically for metabolic syndrome and obesity (body mass index = 37.42 kg/m2). Sh...
Saturday, August 09, 2014

Study finds no link between TNF-alpha blockers, cancer in inflammatory bowel disease

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A large registry-based study has found no increased risk of cancer in inflammatory bowel disease patients treated with tumor necrosis factor...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Monitor elderly for bone loss after gastric bypass

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CHICAGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Older adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are at risk for lessened bone mineral density for at l...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Mesalazine didn’t help diarrhea-predominant IBS

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CHICAGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Treating diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome with mesalazine for 12 weeks failed to improve sto...

Azathioprine, anti-TNF monotherapy safe in IBD pregnancy

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CHICAGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Women with inflammatory bowel disease can safely continue monotherapy with azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine ...
Friday, May 30, 2014

الارتداد المعدي المريئي - الدكتور / وليد يوسف فرح استشاري امراض الجهاز الهضمي والكبد

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مقدمة المريء هو أنبوب عضلي ضيق يبلغ طوله حوالي 40 سنتيمتر . ويبدأ بعد اللسان وينتهي في المعدة يتألف من ثلاث طبقات ليفية من الخارج وعضلية...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Early endoscopic follow-up nets dysplasia in 9.5% of Barrett’s

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CHICAGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Early endoscopic follow-up within 24 months detected dysplasia in nearly one in 10 patients with nondyspl...

Infliximab monitoring during remission limits IBD flare-ups

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Trough infliximab concentrations were measured in patients who were in clinical remission at about 1 year on maintenance therapy. When troug...

Fecal transplant falls short in UC, but may not be the end

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CHICAGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Results were negative from the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of fecal microbiota transplant i...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Gut microbiota may play a role in the development of alcoholic liver disease

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London, UK, Saturday 12 April 2014: Exciting new data presented today at the International Liver Congress™ 2014 shows that the gut microbiot...

New Chinese herbal medicine has significant potential in treating Hepatitis C

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London, UK, Saturday 12 April 2014: Data from a late-breaking abstract presented at the International Liver CongressTM 2014 identifies a new...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

High rate of ED visits for insulin-related hypoglycemia

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ST LOUIS - Insulin-related hypoglycemia and errors (IHEs) account for close to 100,000 emergency department (ED) visits per year in the Uni...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Distinct Presentation of Autoimmune Hepatitis in the Elderly

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Distinct Presentation of Autoimmune Hepatitis in the Elderly
Friday, January 17, 2014

Dual-vaccine therapy prolonged survival in pancreatic cancer

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SAN FRANCISCO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Serial administration of two vaccines that stimulate the immune response to pancreatic cancer antig...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Low hospital readmission rates apply across diagnoses

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ST LOUIS (MD Consult) - Hospitals with lower 30-day readmission rates have a lower number of readmissions across a wide range of diagnoses a...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Never exceed dose of constipation drugs containing sodium phosphate, FDA warns

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ST LOUIS (MD Consult) - On January 8, 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert concerning the use of over-the-counter...
Monday, January 06, 2014

Resecting residual gastrointestinal stromal tumors improved survival

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SAN FRANCISCO (IMNG)– Surgically removing residual gastrointestinal stromal tumors in patients who respond to imatinib therapy significantly...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Misdiagnosis, noncompliance often culprits in refractory celiac disease

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Refractory celiac disease is often the result of patients having either received an incorrect diagnosis, or their noncompliance, according t...

Thrombosis precautions in IBD not met in two-thirds of high-risk cases

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HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – The relative risk of thromboembolic events is greater in inpatient inflammatory bowel disease pat...