Gastroenterology
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Immunoglobulin Doesn't Boost HBV Vaccine Prophylaxis in Newborns of Infected Mothers
Major Finding: The addition of hepatitis B immunoglobulin to hepatitis B prophylaxis with the recombinant HBV vaccine does not confer additional...
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Severe Skin Lesions Complicate Anti-TNF Therapy for IBD
Major Finding: Overall, 34% of patients taking anti-TNF-alpha drugs for inflammatory bowel disease discontinued treatment because of severe...
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H. pylori, Chronic Gastritis Appear Protective Against Barrett's Esophagus
Major Finding: Based on histology reports, patients with chronic active gastritis were extremely likely to have H.
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Hepatitis C Vaccine Elicits Immune Response in Some Patients
Major Finding: The GI-5005 experimental HCV vaccine, when added to standard-of-care therapy, produced a significantly higher sustained virologic...
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Fecal Transplantation Works for Recurrent C. difficile Infections When Antibiotics Fail
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Link Between Physical Illness and PTSD Remains Underrecognized
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Early Biologics Benefit Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Pentoxifylline Improved Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Small Randomized Trial
Major Finding: Therapy with 400-mg pentoxifylline three times daily for 1 year significantly improved histologic measures of NASH, compared with...
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Experimental Norovirus Vaccine Protects Against Acute Gastritis
Major Finding: Just under two-thirds of subjects had a seroresponse to the vaccine; the average total rise in norovirus antibodies was about...
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Obesity Linked to Increased Risk for Recurrent Adenomas
Major Finding: Among adults with colorectal adenomas at baseline, obese patients had a 20% increased risk of recurrent adenomas and overweight...
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Phase III Results: Telaprevir, Boceprevir Improve HCV Cure Rates
Major Finding: The HCV protease inhibitors telaprevir and boceprevir improve sustained virologic response rates and shorten treatment duration in...