Gastroenterology
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Weight Loss Higher After Roux-en-Y Surgery vs. Gastric Banding
Major Finding: Patients lost 78.5% of excess weight after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass vs. 64.8% after gastric banding, and the treatment failure rate...
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FDA Panel Favors Implantable Device for Refractory GERD
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Geography Linked to IBD Incidence in Women
Major Finding: Within the United States, women who lived at southern latitudes at age 30 had lower multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for...
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Old Antivirals Rival New for Cancer Prevention in Hepatitis B
Major Finding: The rate of hepatocellular carcinoma was 0.013-0.017 per person-year of follow-up with lamivudine, 0.015 with adefovir with or...
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Predictors Identified for Posttransplant Recurrence of Hepatitis C
Major Finding: Recipient IL28B CC genotype was associated with a decreased risk of histologic recurrence 1 year after transplantation (odds ratio...
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Fatigue in Cirrhosis Linked to Psychosocial Factors
Major Finding: Depression and anxiety were both highly correlated (P less than .001) with fatigue in cirrhosis patients, even 1 year post...
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Smoking Doubles Cancer Risk in Barrett's Esophagus
Major Finding: After adjustment for demographics, presence of low-grade dysplasia, reflux symptoms, and Barrett’s segment length at diagnosis,...
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Eltrombopag Improves SVR in Thrombocytopenic Patients With HCV
Major Finding: Almost all thrombocytopenic patients (95%) who received eltrombopag were able to start antiviral therapy for hepatitis C. After...
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Underlying Disease Raises SSI Risk After Colorectal Surgery
Major Finding: A regression analysis of surgical site infection data from the ACS-NSQIP shows that underlying disease is an important risk factor...
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Chronic Liver Disease Hospitalizations Greater for Diabetics
Major Finding: The annual age-adjusted rate of hospitalizations related to chronic liver disease was about fourfold higher for diabetic adults...
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First-Line Endoscopic Therapy Effective for Severe Diverticular Bleeding
Major Finding: Primary hemostasis was achieved in 75% of patients by using a protocol stipulating first-line diagnostic colonoscopy with...