Search results for "Inflammatory bowel disease"
Review finds antibiotics associated with heightened risk of inflammatory bowel disease
There was a positive, nonlinear dose-response association between the number of antibiotic prescriptions patients received and their inflammatory bowel disease risk, according to a systematic review.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/22/2.htm
22 Mar 2024
Healthy lifestyle may mitigate genetic risk for inflammatory bowel disease
In a cohort study, U.K. residents with high genetic risk for inflammatory bowel disease who met four or five lifestyle measures developed Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis at higher-than-average rates, but at about half the rate of those with both genetic risk and an unhealthy lifestyle.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/27/3.htm
27 Jan 2023
Spotlight on Janus kinase inhibitors
Recent studies assessed speed of response to upadacitinib in Crohn's disease, compared upadacitinib and tofacitinib for ulcerative colitis, and judged the effectiveness and safety of tofacitinib in older patients with ulcerative colitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/22/5.htm
22 Mar 2024
AGA issues guidance on diet, nutrition in IBD
A new clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) covers the role of diet and nutritional therapies in managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and identifying and treating malnutrition in IBD patients.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/23/1.htm
23 Feb 2024
Inflammatory bowel disease associated with higher risk for dementia
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease were diagnosed with dementia an average of seven years earlier than matched controls in a Taiwanese study.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/26/2.htm
26 Jun 2020
Higher fecal hemoglobin concentration on FIT may support shorter screening interval
Patients with a hemoglobin concentration on fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in the range directly below the positive result cutoff had significantly increased risk of adenoma on follow-up screening compared to those with lower results, a new analysis from Germany found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/17/6.htm
17 Nov 2023
Antidepressants may mitigate link between inflammatory bowel disease and depression
Patients with depression had more than double the risk of developing Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis over a median follow-up of more than six years.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/26/3.htm
26 Oct 2018
MKSAP quiz: 4-month history of loose bowel movements
A 60-year-old man is evaluated for a 4-month history of four to five loose bowel movements daily with antecedent abdominal cramps. He also has a 1-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, treated with lifestyle interventions until 4 months ago, and hypothyroidism. What is the most likely cause of the patient's diarrhea?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/27/4.htm
27 Oct 2023
Telemedicine app reduced gastroenterology visits for inflammatory bowel disease
The trial, which was conducted at multiple sites in the Netherlands, randomly assigned outpatients ages 18 to 75 years with inflammatory bowel disease without an ileoanal or ileorectal pouch system to standard care or the telemedicine system.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/28/1.htm
28 Jul 2017
Inflammatory bowel disease in childhood linked to increased cancer risk
A study in Sweden matched 9,405 incident cases of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease with 92,870 comparators from the general population and followed participants through adulthood until a median age of 27 years.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/27/1.htm
27 Oct 2017