Search results for "Keeping tabs"
Spotlight on early transplants for alcoholic liver disease
Two studies showed that providing liver transplants to patients who hadn't abstained from alcohol for six months didn't reduce survival rates, while another found that relatively few patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis experience spontaneous remission.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/08/27/5.htm
27 Aug 2021
Spotlight on COVID-19 and GI cancers
Recent international studies found that the COVID-19 pandemic may be associated with fewer new diagnoses of gastric cancer and colorectal cancer (CRC), as well as increased tumor burden in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic CRC.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/24/5.htm
24 Sep 2021
Spotlight on new guidelines
The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force all released new guidelines this month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/26/5.htm
26 Jul 2019
Spotlight on fecal microbiota transplantation
Two recent studies focused on fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, while a third examined the utility of anaerobic preparations in patients with mild to moderately active ulcerative colitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/25/5.htm
25 Jan 2019
Spotlight on obesity treatments
Recent studies assessed the safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery and a medication to treat obesity, while the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated its 2012 recommendations on behavioral interventions for adults with obesity.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/28/5.htm
28 Sep 2018
Spotlight on Clostridioides difficile infection
Recent research on Clostridioides difficile infection found changing trends in infection rates at Veterans Health Administration hospitals and questioned common practices with regard to treatment.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/22/5.htm
22 Nov 2019
Spotlight on HCV guidance
Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) work group, and the Choosing Wisely campaign all focused on hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/27/5.htm
27 Sep 2019
Spotlight on HBV infection
In the past month, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published a draft recommendation statement on screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and two systematic reviews and meta-analyses looked at treatments and a novel immunoassay to quantify HBV DNA.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/22/5.htm
22 May 2020
Spotlight on early-onset CRC
As colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence increases among younger adults, earlier screening and detection may lead to improved health outcomes, recent studies found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/25/6.htm
25 Jun 2021
Spotlight on autoimmune hepatitis
One study compared the hospitalization rate for autoimmune hepatitis among black, Latino, and Asian/Pacific Islander patients versus a reference rate among white patients, while another study retrospectively analyzed budesonide as a second-line agent in patients with autoimmune hepatitis initially treated with prednisolone.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/23/5.htm
23 Feb 2018