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Aspirin use doesn’t curb peptic ulcer healing
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May 15, 2012
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Cardiology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with aspirin-related peptic ulcers, ulcer healing rates are comparable after esomeprazole therapy with or without aspirin continuation, Taiwanese researchers report in an April 17th on-line paper in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
In fact, the...
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Risk/benefit of anticoagulation generally neutral in AF with GI ulcer
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May 1, 2012
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Cardiology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with atrial fibrillation and previous GI ulcers, a higher risk of major bleeding with oral anticoagulation is balanced out by a lower rate of thromboembolic and cardiac events, a Korean team reports in the America Journal of Cardiology online April 18.
However,...
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Adjuvant therapy beneficial in high-risk biliary tract tumors: meta-analysis
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Apr 27, 2012
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Gastroenterology, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A systematic review and meta-analysis provides “reasonable” support for the current practice of giving adjuvant therapy to patients with resected biliary tract cancer with high-risk features, researchers conclude.
“We found from our review that adjuvant therapy, mainly...
Risk of small bowel obstruction less with laparoscopic than open surgery
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Apr 20, 2012
Sleeve gastrectomy better than medical therapy for obesity-related diabetes
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Apr 19, 2012
Doubled dose of rabeprazole increases cure rate of refractory esophagitis
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Apr 12, 2012
Adjuvant cetuximab improves some outcomes of high-risk rectal cancer
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Apr 12, 2012
Adjuvant cetuximab improves some outcomes of high-risk rectal cancer
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Apr 11, 2012
Fecal microbiota transplant effective for recurrent C difficile infection
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Apr 10, 2012
No benefit adding cetuximab to chemo after colon cancer resection
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Apr 5, 2012
Adjuvant imatinib for three years advisable after GI stromal tumor resection
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Mar 29, 2012
Advantages of endoscopic transgastric necrosectomy for infected pancreas
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Mar 16, 2012
Salvage therapy improves survival in pretreated gastric cancer
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Mar 15, 2012
Alvimopan improves outcomes after bowel resection
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Mar 14, 2012
Pre-endoscopy erythromycin improves visualization of bleeding ulcers
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Mar 1, 2012
Noradrenaline a cost-effective option for type 1 hepatorenal syndrome
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Feb 21, 2012
Azathioprine use reduces need for surgery in Crohn’s disease
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Feb 8, 2012
Interferon and ribavirin quell HCV genotype 6
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Feb 8, 2012
Adjunctive beta-blocker therapy no help in preventing gastric variceal bleeding
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Jan 30, 2012
Enzastaurin fails as maintenance therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer
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Jan 10, 2012
Stem cell preconditioning boosts liver volume before resection
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Jan 5, 2012
Concurrent famotidine reduces ibuprofen-related ulcers
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Jan 3, 2012
Cirrhosis tied to increased risk of liver cancer in diabetics
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Dec 26, 2011
Long-term survival possible with radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors
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Dec 21, 2011
Colonic stents allow elective surgery for malignant large-bowel obstruction
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Dec 14, 2011
Preop chemo not advisable for resectable colorectal liver metastases
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Nov 30, 2011
Single-incision laparoscopic colectomy feasible
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Nov 30, 2011
High bilirubin at birth may indicate risk of biliary atresia
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Nov 23, 2011
Porcelain gallbladder only weakly associated with gallbladder cancer
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Oct 24, 2011
