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) – A Japanese team has confirmed endoscopically that when a standard once-daily dose of rabeprazole fails to resolve reflux esophagitis, a twice-daily regimen may…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A multicenter center study has shown that adding cetuximab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and preoperative radiotherapy improves overall survival after excision of high-risk rectal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A multicenter center study has shown that adding cetuximab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and preoperative radiotherapy improves overall survival after excision of high-risk rectal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Instillation of donor fecal material in the colon of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection leads to rapid resolution of the condition in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Disease-free survival is not improved after resection of stage III colon cancer when cetuximab is added to chemotherapy with leucovorin, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a European study, patients at high risk of recurrent gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who received imatinib (Gleevec; Novartis) for three years after…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a small randomized study of patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis, minimally invasive endoscopic transgastric necrosectomy was associated with a lower risk of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients with advanced gastric cancer have not benefitted from one or two chemotherapy regimens for metastatic disease, salvage chemotherapy improves their overall…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By accelerating recovery of gastrointestinal function, use of the opioid receptor antagonist alvimopan is associated with reduced mortality and morbidity following bowel resection,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, intravenous infusion of erythromycin about 30 minutes before endoscopy should be considered to improve diagnostic yield and…
