Gastroenterology
News
Jury still out on appendectomy vs. antibiotics-first approach
A review of the existing literature on antibiotics-first and appendectomy approaches for acute, uncomplicated appendicitis found that both...
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PPIs caused remission in about half of esophageal eosinophilia cases
About half of patients with symptomatic esophageal eosinophilia achieved complete clinical and histologic remission on proton pump inhibitors,...
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Study lays groundwork for autologous nerve cell transplantation in Hirschsprung disease
Key clinical point: A preclinical study took several key steps toward autologous transplantation of nerve progenitor cells to treat Hirschsprung...
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FDA approves treatment for chemotherapy ODs, life-threatening toxicities
Conference Coverage
Cysteamine bitartrate provides no histologic improvement in children with NAFLD
One year of treatment with delayed-release cysteamine bitartrate was safe and associated with substantial and rapid improvements in liver enzymes...
Commentary
Commentary: Red meat and cancer risk – what your patients should know
The WHO’s classification of processed meat as a carcinogen and red meat as a probable carcinogen could help motivate patients to make healthier...
Conference Coverage
Norovirus sends 1.6 million to doctors every year
Norovirus infections send about 1.6 million people to the doctor every year in the United States, according to the first active surveillance study...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Antibiotic stewardship program impacted C. diff. rates in kids
Following implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program, hospitalized children were more than three times less likely to develop Clostridium...
News
Oral H. pylori vaccine found effective, safe
Key clinical point: For the first time, an oral vaccine against H. pylori infection proved effective and safe in a phase III trial. Major finding...
Conference Coverage
Widespread rotavirus vaccination caused plunge in pediatric hospitalizations
Rhode Island’s universal vaccine policy led to widespread vaccination against rotavirus, steep drops in pediatric hospitalizations for...
Conference Coverage
Some 4% of healthy U.S. children carry antibiotic-resistant E. coli isolates
Third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli infection carriage was present in 4.2% of healthy children who underwent stool testing,...