Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on CRC risk factors
Recent studies found that patients exposed to antibiotics had greater odds of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) and that obesity at different ages during early adulthood was strongly associated with an increased risk of early-onset CRC.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/12/17/5.htm
17 Dec 2021
Spotlight on Helicobacter pylori treatment
A review found that susceptibility-guided therapy may be the superior first-line treatment for H. pylori infection in areas with high antibiotic resistance, while a study of trial participants with 26.5 years of follow-up showed that H. pylori eradication may provide long-term protection against gastric cancer.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/22/5.htm
22 Apr 2022
Spotlight on HCV and organ transplants
Over the past month, multiple studies found that kidney and liver transplantation using organs from deceased donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may be effective in HCV-negative recipients treated with a direct-acting antiviral regimen.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/25/5.htm
25 Sep 2020
Spotlight on lean NAFLD
Recent studies looked at the increasing prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients without overweight or obesity and compared clinical characteristics of these patients with both healthy controls and patients with obesity and NAFLD.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/24/5.htm
24 Jul 2020
Spotlight on noninvasive CRC screening
The American Gastroenterological Association released a clinical practice update on using noninvasive colorectal cancer (CRC) screening options, and recent studies focused on fecal immunochemical test screening programs.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/25/5.htm
25 Feb 2022
Spotlight on IBD therapy effects
Research in the past month found that infliximab blunts the body's immune response to COVID-19 infection, that both infliximab and adalimumab are effective in long-term treatment of outpatients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and that antitumor necrosis factor therapy may be associated with reduced mortality compared with long-term corticosteroid use in patients with Crohn's disease.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/26/5.htm
26 Mar 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
Spotlight on dietary interventions
The International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease recently released new dietary guidance, and two studies found that adherence to a Mediterranean diet may beneficially alter the gut microbiome in older adults and those with cardiometabolic risk factors.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/28/5.htm
28 Feb 2020
Spotlight on screening for Barrett's esophagus
Recent studies looked at a nonendoscopic test for Barrett's esophagus in primary care, as well as screening for the condition before and after gastric bypass procedures.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/28/5.htm
28 Aug 2020
Spotlight on COVID-19 vaccines in IBD
Recent research looked at the response to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), as well as examined COVID-19 vaccine uptake and offered ways to address vaccine hesitancy in this population.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/10/22/5.htm
22 Oct 2021