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).

Sacral nerve stimulation reduced irritable bowel symptoms

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

Permanent sacral nerve stimulation looked promising in a prospective, randomized controlled study to reduce symptoms in a select group of 21 adults with diarrhea-predominant or mixed irritable bowel...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Physician’s adenoma detection rate predicts patient’s cancer risk

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 22:00

A physician’s adenoma detection rate – the proportion of screening colonoscopies he or she performs that detect at least one histologically confirmed colorectal adenoma or adenocarcinoma – strongly...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Chronic pancreatitis life expectancy dramatically decreased

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 05:01

Patients with chronic pancreatitis have a life expectancy that is roughly 8 years shorter than that of the general population. Indeed, the "beyond a doubt" finding of a mortality rate up...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Liver histology crucial at Wilson disease diagnosis

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 05:01

Wilson disease patients without cirrhosis at diagnosis generally have good long-term prognoses, but the presence of cirrhosis on diagnosis of this rare condition necessitates transplant in up to 13%...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Better survival with aspirin in HLA class 1 antigen-positive cancers only

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 21:00

Aspirin therapy improves survival in patients whose colon cancers express HLA class 1 antigen, but not in those whose tumors have lost that expression, investigators reported online March 31 in JAMA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Patient selection can keep the lid on esophagectomy costs

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:30

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – Cost and quality are not always synonymous, particularly when it comes to complex surgical procedures such as esophagectomy. A review of records on more than 6,700 patients who...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Pediatric information added to label of hepatitis B antiviral entecavir

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 19:30

Information on the use of entecavir in children down to age 2 years has been added to the prescribing information for the chronic hepatitis B drug, the Food and Drug Administration has announced....

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Small PNETs may still harbor malignant potential

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 14:10

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – Even small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors have the potential for malignancy and need excision or close monitoring, investigators caution. A retrospective cohort study following...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Outcomes linked to distance from liver transplant center

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:00

Eligible patients who live farther away from a liver transplant center are less likely to be put on a waiting list, less likely to receive a transplant, and more likely to die within 5 years than are...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Noninvasive DNA test topped FIT at finding colorectal cancer

Posted on: 19/03/2014 - 20:30

A noninvasive, multitarget stool DNA test detected significantly more cancer than did a fecal immunochemical test in people at average risk for colorectal cancer, but had greater false positive...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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