Gastroenterology

Individuals who commonly eat popcorn and drink milk have smaller odds of developing IBD.

A majority NASH patients receiving 0.4 mg of subcutaneous semaglutide has disease resolution following the 72-week phase 2 study.

In a new study, investigators discover fewer adverse events in patients taking 1 × 109 non-viable B bifidum HI-MIMBb75 cells than for patients taking a placebo.

The new recommendations call for enhanced symptom monitoring for patients experiencing gastrointestinal issues.

The adjusted estimate of the burden of hospitalizations related to C. diff infections decreased by 24% between 2011-2017.

In a phase 3 clinical trial, endoscopic endpoints were similar between treatment and placebo groups.

New guidelines suggest patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis should be treated with infliximab, tofacitinib, and ustekinumab.

The most common reason IBS patients discontinue treatment is a loss of prescription drug coverage.

Dr. David Rubin discusses what IBD patients can do if they are asked to stop immunosuppressant treatment because of COVID-19.

David T. Rubin, MD, discusses some of the reccomendations for treating patients with IBD during the pandemic.

Within 5 days of a colonoscopy, individuals have higher levels of shock than the general population, new findings show.

In the largest analysis of its kind, a team of investigators from Italy are shedding new light on the impact of aspirin use and risk of cancers of the digestive tract.

Patients who do not have the coronavirus should continue IBD therapies, including all scheduled infusions.

New data shows higher rates of cancer and cardiovascular disease deaths for patients with celiac disease.

Approximately 1.5 billion patients had chronic liver disease in 2017, with 29% resulting from a hepatitis B viral infection.

AGA reccomends doctors wear N95 masks instead of surgical masks and 2 gloves instead of 1.

A Vancouver-based cohort shows association between increased infancy antibiotic use, gut microbiome manipulation, and asthma development by age 5.

Robert Brown, MD, advises liver transplant recipients to exhibit extreme caution in the face of the coronavirus outbreak.

Some gastrointestinal symptoms could be exacerbated by contracting the novel coronavirus.

Two new papers shine a light on additional symptoms that could help clinicians diagnose novel coronavirus.

A new deep learning system identifies patients with endoscopic and histologic remission with more than 90% accuracy.

Low fecal intestinal secretory immunoglobin A is commonly found in infants of mothers in the antepartum and persistent depression trajectories.

Younger hepatitis B patients had better odds at transplant-free survival after 6 months.

What is the primary care physician's role in detecting the rare hepatologic condition?

The Ready, Set, Food! co-founder discusses how research and federal advisory shapes parental understanding of immunotherapy and food allergy prevention.