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More frequent bowel movements may be associated with diverticulitis risk

An analysis of participants in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study found that more frequent bowel movements appear to be a risk factor for subsequent diverticulitis in both men and women.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/22/2.htm
22 Jan 2021

Prevalence of liver fibrosis in diabetes suggests need for earlier intervention, study finds

The prevalence of any suspected liver fibrosis in patients with diabetes was 21% in a recent study, leading the authors to call for more aggressive screening in patients with obesity and diabetes.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/22/3.htm
22 Jan 2021

PPI use associated with more severe illness from COVID-19

A Korean cohort study did not find any association between use of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2, but current use was associated with higher risk of a composite endpoint that included ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, or death from COVID-19.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/28/1.htm
28 Aug 2020

Antibiotics may be associated with colon cancer risk in dose-dependent fashion

A case-control study found that patients who developed colon cancer, particularly in the proximal colon, were more likely to have taken antibiotics, whereas antibiotic use was not associated with increased risk of rectal cancer.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/23/2.htm
23 Aug 2019

Drinking coffee may reduce risk of death, disease progression in patients with advanced colorectal cancer, study finds

An editorial noted coffee's unique role in diet, as it is widely consumed as a daily habit, and explained why a potential link between coffee consumption and colorectal cancer is biologically plausible.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/25/1.htm
25 Sep 2020

Fatty liver disease associated with increased risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization

However, patients who were obese but did not have fatty liver disease were not at increased risk of hospitalization for COVID-19, according to a study of healthy people in a U.K. database who underwent MRI assessment of liver fat markers.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/23/1.htm
23 Apr 2021

New best practice advice tackles pain in disorders of gut-brain interaction

An expert review from the American Gastroenterological Association cautioned against using opioids to treat pain from irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, or centrally mediated abdominal pain syndrome, among other advice.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/23/2.htm
23 Jul 2021

Guideline from CRC task force recommends starting screening at ages 45 to 49 years in all average-risk patients

Increasing disease incidence and a favorable harm-benefit ratio are two reasons to expand the age range for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening to younger patients, a task force determined.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/19/1.htm
19 Nov 2021

Transportation, patient education among factors affecting colonoscopy rates after abnormal FIT, survey finds

Primary care physicians and staff were asked to identify patients' barriers to completing colonoscopy after an abnormal fecal immunochemical test (FIT) result, as well as factors that made completion more likely.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/08/27/2.htm
27 Aug 2021

Spotlight on PPIs and cancer

Recent studies assessed the association between proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and cancer, as well as the effects of PPI treatment after a cancer diagnosis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/23/5.htm
23 Jul 2021

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