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) – Polyps smaller than 10 mm that are detected with CT colonography (CTC) screening are very unlikely to contain high-grade dysplasia or malignancy, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a small study of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, the free fatty acid form of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA-FFA) reduced both the size…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding a 2-week course of triple antibiotic therapy to existing medications helps induce and maintain remission of ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adolescents with chronic pancreatitis can have long-term relief from pain after therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), researchers from China say. The goal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with Barrett’s high-grade dysplasia or early esophageal adenocarcinoma, endoscopic resection improves staging and “dramatically” reduces esophagectomy rates, Australian physicians report. Esophagectomy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although high-definition chromocolonoscopy may detect some adenomas missed with standard high-definition colonoscopy, it should not be used for routine colon cancer screening in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prophylactic antibiotics may improve survival of burn patients, a meta-analysis suggests, although the authors acknowledge that the quality of the supporting data is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving the antihistamines ranitidine or diphenhydramine to patients with perforated appendicitis dramatically increases their risk of an intra-abdominal abscess, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A commercially available formula of Lactobacillus acidophilus and L. casei prevents Clostridium difficile infection and diarrhea during antibiotic treatment, according to a single-center…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In selected patients with suspected early-stage gallbladder carcinoma, laparoscopy is a safe approach, Korean physicians report in the February Archives of Surgery. “Although…
