Managing acid reflux involves lifestyle adjustments to reduce symptoms and prevent discomfort. Strengthening the lower esophageal sphincter can help prevent acid from rising into the esophagus. Avoiding smoking,…
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the colon and rectum, causing symptoms like abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, rectal urgency, and fatigue. Sanjay Murthy, MD,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Once-daily mesalamine, at a dose of 2.4 g, offers maintenance of remission of ulcerative colitis similar to that provided by twice-daily mesalamine at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although liver transplantation for acute liver failure (ALF) still has a high early mortality, outcomes in Europe have improved over 2 decades, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) prompts weight loss in most severely obese children and adolescents, Saudi Arabian researchers report in an April 16th on-line…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) receiving the endothelin A selective antagonist ambrisentan (Letairis, Gilead) no longer need monthly liver function tests. However,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Preoperative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) can make a significant contribution to staging for locally advanced gastric cancer, according to a report in…
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…
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…
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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The likelihood of small bowel obstruction (SBO) developing because of adhesions following abdominal or pelvic surgery is generally lower with laparoscopic procedures than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sleeve gastrectomy leads to significant improvement or resolution of type 2 diabetes in morbidly obese patients, and is much more effective than intensive…
