Gastroentero...

Gastroenterology (MeSH heading)[1] is a branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster (gen.: gastros) (stomach), enteron (intestine), and logos (reason). In the United States, Gastroenterology is an Internal Medicine Subspecialty certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and theAmerican Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine (AOBIM).

NAFLD mortality higher in normal weight patients

Posted on: 04/05/2014 - 20:45

Lean patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had a higher overall mortality than did overweight or obese patients with NAFLD, according to a review of 1,090 biopsy-confirmed patients in the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
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Liver transplant exceptions deserve fresh look

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:01

Room air hypoxemia was associated with greater post–liver transplant mortality in hepatopulmonary syndrome patients, according to Dr. David S. Goldberg and his colleagues. On the other hand, HPS...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

Anti-TNFs equal in Crohn’s disease

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:01

There is no significant difference between infliximab and adalimumab in Crohn’s disease, reported Dr. Mark T. Osterman and his colleagues in the May 1 issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

Budesonide safe, effective for microscopic colitis

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:01

Oral budesonide is effective and safe for short-term treatment of collagenous colitis. Indeed, the finding supports the recent recommendation by the European Microscopic Colitis Group to make...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

Hepatitis C drugs pricey, but cure is priceless

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:05

It was almost as if someone decided April would be hepatitis C month. In case you hadn’t notice, April saw publication of six separate articles in the New England Journal of Medicine on what were...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

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