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Latest in Gastroenterology
Left RightAdjunctive beta-blocker therapy no help in preventing gastric variceal bleeding
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1:40 | Posted on Jan 30, 2012 in Gastroenterology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, SurgeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The effectiveness of gastric variceal obturation for controlling gastric variceal bleeding is not improved with the addition of non-selective beta-blocker therapy, a Taiwanese team reports in the Journal of Hepatology...Enzastaurin fails as maintenance therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer
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1:42 | Posted on Jan 10, 2012 in Gastroenterology, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily NewscastNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a phase 2 study of maintenance therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer, adding enzastaurin to bevacizumab plus bolus and infusional 5-fluorouracil-leucovorin (LV5FU2) did not delay progression of metastatic...Concurrent famotidine reduces ibuprofen-related ulcers
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1:42 | Posted on Jan 3, 2012 in Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily NewscastNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients requiring chronic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment develop fewer gastric or duodenal ulcers if they take ibuprofen with high-dose famotidine in a single tablet rather than ibuprofen alone,...
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Stem cell preconditioning boosts liver volume before resection
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1:36 | Posted on Jan 5, 2012 in
Gastroenterology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infusion of bone marrow-derived stem cells after selective portal vein embolization (PVE) was associated with better outcomes of extended right hepatectomy in a retrospective study from Germany.
“Our primary goal is to improve liver growth prior to resection for...
Cirrhosis tied to increased risk of liver cancer in diabetics
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1:36 | Posted on Dec 26, 2011 in
Diabetes, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cirrhosis and hepatitis are associated with the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with diabetes, and hepatitis C is of particular importance, Taiwanese researchers report in a November 15th online paper in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
As...
Long-term survival possible with radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors
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1:29 | Posted on Dec 21, 2011 in
Gastroenterology, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) The first report of 10-year outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma treated by percutaneous radio frequency ablation (RFA) indicates that about 1 in 4 patients survive for that long.
RFA might be a first-line treatment for selected patients with early-stage HCC, conclude the authors of...
Colonic stents allow elective surgery for malignant large-bowel obstruction
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Dec 14, 2011
Oral 5-ASAs for ulcerative colitis may be less effective than topical or combined therapy
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Dec 9, 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
IBD raises postop risk of venous thromboembolism
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Oct 20, 2011
GI bleeding common after PCI for acute myocardial infarction
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Oct 10, 2011
Survival outcomes good for split liver transplants
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Oct 5, 2011
Drug-induced pancreatitis often goes unrecognized
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Sep 26, 2011
Mesalamine once-daily OK for ulcerative colitis maintenance therapy
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Sep 21, 2011
Barrett’s esophagus ablation can bury metaplastic glands
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Sep 14, 2011
Heartburn symptoms do not worsen after proton pump inhibitor withdrawal
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Aug 25, 2011
Multiple factors complicate hip and knee replacement
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Aug 24, 2011
Early celiac plexus neurolysis has benefits in pancreatic cancer patients
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Aug 24, 2011
Outcomes best when laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed promptly
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Aug 15, 2011
Multiple stool specimens increase parasite detection in internationally adopted children
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Aug 10, 2011
RF ablation alternative to surgery in early liver cancer
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Aug 3, 2011
No survival benefit to adjuvant chemo in older adults with stage II colon cancer
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Jul 29, 2011
Metformin improves outcomes in diabetics with hepatitis C cirrhosis
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Jul 22, 2011
Glucocorticoid treatment before major abdominal surgery has benefits: study
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Jul 18, 2011
Treatment of gastroesophageal reflux may prolong survival in pulmonary fibrosis
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Jul 15, 2011
Happy Fourth of July!
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Jul 1, 2011
Combination therapy offers best palliation for malignant dysphagia
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Jun 27, 2011
