Gastroenterology
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Imaging Combo May Diagnose Gastric Cancer Without Biopsy
Major Finding: Magnifying NBI improves the diagnostic performance of white light endoscopy for discriminating gastric cancer from benign small...
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Adjunctive Telaprevir Boosts Response in Chronic HCV
Major Finding: Adding telaprevir to standard peginterferon-plus-ribavirin therapy yielded a sustained virologic response rate of approximately 65...
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Link Between PPIs and C. difficile Inconsistent
Major Finding: In an adjusted Cox proportional hazard model, the association between proton pump inhibitor use and C.
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Pregnancy After Liver Transplant Raises Risk of Graft Loss
Major Finding: Women with a liver transplant who became pregnant had a 10% risk of losing the graft during the 5 years following pregnancy. During...
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VA Study: Gastric Bypass Does Not Prolong Life in Older, Obese Patients
Major Finding: Gastric bypass provided no survival benefit to older, obese patients followed for a mean of 6.7 years after their operations, when...
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Continued Aspirin Use Does Not Impede Ulcer Healing
Major Finding: The ulcer healing rate by intention-to-treat analysis was 85.2% with esomeprazole alone and 84.8% with esomeprazole plus aspirin....
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Cyclosporine No Better Than Infliximab for Ulcerative Colitis
Major Finding: In the treatment of acute severe ulcerative colitis refractory to intravenous steroids, cyclosporine was not more effective than...
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Vancomycin Monotherapy Linked to C. Difficile Recurrence in IBD
Major Finding: The rate of C.
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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Appears Safe in Major Observational Study
Major Finding: The absolute reduction in body mass index at 1 year was smallest in the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band group at about 6 kg/m2...
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Multiple Factors Influence Detection of Colorectal Adenomas
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Link Between Proton Pump Inhibitors, Hip Fractures Confirmed
Major Finding: Regular use of PPIs posed fracture risks of 35%-45% when adjusted for age, calcium intake, and body mass index.