Monday, November 02, 2015

HCV Guideline Update: Treat All Patients With New Drugs

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The American Association for the Study for Liver Diseases and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) have updated HCVguidelines.or...
Wednesday, December 03, 2014

New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease

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 New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY Addition...

Management of iatrogenic esophageal perforation with endoscopic stenting

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Management of iatrogenic esophageal perforation with endoscopic stenting Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY Additional Authors: ALGUILI ELSH...

New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease

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IBD P-254 New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY A...
Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Link between early exposure to acetaminophen and childhood asthma found weak, overstated

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FROM THE ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD The reported link between early life exposure to acetaminophen and the development of asthma in c...
Saturday, November 22, 2014

PPI, steroid use raises risk of CDAD recurrence

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AUSTIN, TEX. (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Use of proton pump inhibitors and steroids was independently associated with recurrences of Clostrid...
Saturday, November 08, 2014

Topical steroid might improve mucosal integrity in eosinophilic esophagitis

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FROM CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY Topical steroid therapy improved some indicators of mucosal integrity in patients with eosi...
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...