Search results for "Weight loss"
MKSAP Quiz: A 1-month history of bloody diarrhea
A 25-year-old woman is evaluated for a 1-month history of intermittent, loose, bloody bowel movements associated with pain in the left lower quadrant before defecation. She reports no fever, chills, night sweats, arthralgia, eye pain, or rash. What is the most likely diagnosis?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/24/4.htm
24 Apr 2020
Postapproval studies find risks of gastric balloon devices used for weight loss
A small number of patients experienced balloon hyperinflation and acute pancreatitis with the Orbera and ReShape liquid-filled intragastric balloons.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/22/8.htm
22 May 2020
Spotlight on colorectal cancer diagnosis
New diagnoses of colorectal cancer plummeted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and diagnosis and management were also the focus of recent research and a clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/26/5.htm
26 Jun 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Hospitalization for sudden-onset, cramping abdominal pain
This month's quiz asks readers to determine appropriate testing for a 60-year-old woman admitted to the hospital with sudden-onset, cramping abdominal pain of moderate severity in the right lower quadrant.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/28/4.htm
28 Aug 2020
Recent-onset diabetes, weight loss associated with increased pancreatic cancer risk
Unintentional weight loss and weight loss in those with a body mass index already in the normal range were particularly associated with risk of pancreatic cancer among patients with recent-onset diabetes, a study found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/25/6.htm
25 Sep 2020
Weight loss through gastric bypass or diet improved insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes
Results from this small study suggest that reducing adipose tissue volume, by whatever means, will improve blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, an accompanying editorial noted.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/25/7.htm
25 Sep 2020
MKSAP Quiz: A 14-month history of diarrhea
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate treatment for a 63-year-old woman with normal colonoscopy results who reports diarrhea multiple times per day, urge fecal incontinence, and nocturnal diarrhea.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/25/4.htm
25 Sep 2020
H. pylori eradication therapy may reduce gastric cancer risk; rifabutin-based therapy effective in industry-sponsored trial
A meta-analysis suggested that, in addition to preventing progression, early Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy reduces gastric cancer risk, and a novel rifabutin-based therapy may offer physicians another option for initiating eradication treatment, an ACP Journal Club commentary on both studies said.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/25/9.htm
25 Sep 2020
Semaglutide showed some benefit in patients with NASH, liver fibrosis
Significantly more patients taking the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist had resolution of their nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) than those taking placebo, but rates of liver fibrosis improvement were similar between groups, an industry-funded trial found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/20/1.htm
20 Nov 2020
MKSAP Quiz: A 2-month history of diarrhea, cramps
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most likely diagnosis for a 26-year-old woman who presents with a history of diarrhea characterized by two to three semibloody stools per day associated with cramping lower abdominal pain.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/18/4.htm
18 Dec 2020