Gastroenterology

Editorial challenges U.S. healthcare system to reconsider conventional care for diverticulitis

NewsemiaMarch 31, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 31, 202001

An editorial challenges physicians and the U.S. healthcare system to reconsider the current “one size fits all” care for diverticulitis and to employ a precision...

Gastroenterology

Responding to COVID-19: Perspectives from the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology

NewsemiaMarch 27, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 27, 2020025

Responding to COVID-19: Perspectives from the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology Source link...

Gastroenterology

Mount Sinai researchers reveal innovative mechanisms to predict and prevent Crohn's disease

NewsemiaMarch 27, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 27, 2020022

In a series of four studies published today in Gastroenterology, a journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, Mount Sinai inflammatory bowel disease researchers, describe the...

Gastroenterology

Digestive symptoms are common in COVID-19 patients, study reveals

NewsemiaMarch 19, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 19, 2020021

The American Journal of Gastroenterology published today a new study that reveals digestive symptoms, including diarrhea, are common in COVID-19 patients. The study comes from...

Diarrhea Could Be First Sign Of Coronavirus Infection, Study Says

NewsemiaMarch 19, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 19, 2020063

Usually, media reports and releases point to pneumonia and flu-like symptoms as the first signs of being infected with the coronavirus. However, a new study...

Gastroenterology

Key COVID-19 information for gastroenterologists and patients with digestive conditions

NewsemiaMarch 19, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 19, 202003

A paper published today in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology by clinicians at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai outlines key information gastroenterologists and patients...

Gastroenterology

Acid reflux drugs may lead to increased risk of fractures in children

NewsemiaMarch 17, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 17, 202004

Proton pump inhibitors – a widely used class of drugs used to treat acid reflux and related symptoms – may lead to an increased risk...

Gastroenterology

The role of eating disorder symptoms in gastroenterology

NewsemiaMarch 12, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 12, 2020028

Eating disorder symptoms motivated by concerns about body shape/weight can be present in or develop in gastroenterology patients, often contributing to maintenance of gastrointestinal symptoms....

Gastroenterology

Immunosuppressive therapy does not increase risk of vulvar or vaginal cancer in women with IBD

NewsemiaMarch 12, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 12, 202004

In a new retrospective study, researchers found that the use of immunosuppressive therapy does not increase the occurrence or recurrence of vulvar or vaginal cancer...

Gastroenterology

March 2020 Issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology Includes Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Functional GI Disorders

NewsemiaMarch 9, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 9, 202009

The March issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology features evidence-based articles related to complementary and alternative medicine therapies for functional GI disorders, a new...

Gastroenterology

New AI system can evaluate endoscopic findings of ulcerative colitis with accuracy

NewsemiaMarch 6, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 6, 202004

Assessments of patients with ulcerative colitis, which is a type of inflammatory bowel disease, are usually conducted via endoscopy and histology. But now, researchers from...

Gastrointestinal manifestations and fecal-oral transmission of novel coronavirus

NewsemiaMarch 6, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 6, 2020026

The world is bracing for the impact of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has now spread to over 30 countries, infecting more than 80,000 people...

Gastroenterology

The Path to Gastroenterology Leadership: The Preparation, the Process, and Achieving Success

NewsemiaMarch 5, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 5, 2020032

The Path to Gastroenterology Leadership: The Preparation, the Process, and Achieving Success Source link...

Gastroenterology

February 2020 Briefing – Gastroenterology

NewsemiaMarch 3, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 3, 2020011

February 2020 Briefing – Gastroenterology Source link...

Gastroenterology

P028 URGENT MEDICAL ACCESS FOR PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AT A PRIVATE COMMUNITY GASTROENTEROLOGY PRACTICE

NewsemiaMarch 1, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 1, 2020012

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have chronic, life-long diseases with relapsing-remitting pattern that often require frequent utilization of healthcare services.[1] Urgent access to specialty...

Gastroenterology

New imaging method allows scientists to view key part of the colon in 3D

NewsemiaFebruary 28, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 28, 202002

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia developed a new imaging method that allows scientists to view the enteric nervous system –...

Pediatrics

CHOP Researchers Develop Novel Approach to Capture Hard-to-View Portion of Colon in 3-D for the First Time

NewsemiaFebruary 27, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 27, 2020010

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed a new imaging method that allows scientists to view the enteric nervous system...

Gastroenterology

Investigational drug reduces heartburn severity in patients with refractory GERD

NewsemiaFebruary 26, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 26, 2020028

An investigational drug that binds bile acids in the stomach can reduce the severity of heartburn symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)...

Ulcerative colitis and a missing microbe in the gut

NewsemiaFebruary 25, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 25, 2020030

Ulcerative colitis is a seriously debilitating inflammatory disease of the bowel leading to crippling symptoms that can affect the quality of life severely. Researchers from...

Gastroenterology

P020 PRACTICE PATTERNS OF PRIMARY CARE AND GASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIANS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

NewsemiaFebruary 25, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 25, 2020011

Iron deficiency Anemia (IDA) is a common complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). High prevalence of IDA in IBD suggests suboptimal surveillance and treatment. Oral...