Gastroenterology
From the Journals
Mediterranean diet cut fatty liver risk
The odds of new-onset fatty liver fell by 26% with each 1-standard deviation increase in Mediterranean-style diet score.
Daily News Podcast
ACS: Screen for colon cancer at 45
And testosterone therapy may impact kidney stone risk.
From the Journals
Scoring system quantified chances of HCV treatment benefit
Does a new scoring system hold the promise of avoiding 'MELD purgatory'?
Clinical Inquiries
How effective and safe is fecal microbial transplant in preventing C difficile recurrence?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Fecal microbial transplant (FMT) is reasonably safe and effective. In patients who have had multiple Clostridium difficile...
News
FDA expands Xeljanz approval to certain adults with ulcerative colitis
Xeljanz is the first oral medication approved for chronic use in moderately to severely active UC.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Keeping patients summer safe
It’s time to start counseling on sunscreen, waterborne illness, and mosquito avoidance.
Conference Coverage
Experimental drug may help those living with celiac disease
Inadvertent exposure to gluten for patients with celiac disease can cause complications, but a new drug might help.
Conference Coverage
Recent studies of microbiota offer insights into digestive disease management
LAS VEGAS – Microbiota have factored in specific digestive diseases, but their causality remains to be shown.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves Doptelet for liver disease patients undergoing procedures
Avatrombopag (Doptelet) is the first drug approved for thrombocytopenia in adults who have chronic liver disease and are undergoing a procedure....
From the Journals
IBD upped Parkinson’s risk in large study
The adjusted hazard ratio was 1.22.
From the Journals
Blood type A linked to more-severe diarrhea
Adults in type A blood groups were significantly more likely than those in type B or O groups to develop moderate to severe diarrhea after...