NEW 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…
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,…
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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A large multicenter study confirms that placement of self-expanding metal stents in the colon in cases of malignant colorectal obstruction restores bowel transit…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with combined oral and topical 5-aminosalicylates (5-ASAs) is more likely than oral therapy alone to achieve remission of ulcerative colitis (UC). That’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) esomeprazole is superior to the H2-receptor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When colorectal metastases to the liver are resectable, preoperative chemo is not beneficial. For unresectable lesions, however, chemotherapy to downsize the lesions can…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In selected patients, colectomy can be performed laparoscopically via a single port. However, the advantages of this technique over multiport laparoscopic colectomy seem…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A retrospective study found that children diagnosed with biliary atresia had elevated direct or conjugated bilirubin levels soon after they were born, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While calcification of the gallbladder wall is historically linked to a high risk of gallbladder cancer and hence an indication for cholecystectomy, a…