AMA Too Woke? FDA Warns on Probiotics; Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Moves Forward Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Oct 02, 2023
FDA Adds Intestinal Blockage Reports to Ozempic Labeling Joins other approved GLP-1 receptor agonists in noting the potential adverse reaction Sep 28, 2023
When Screening Guidelines Collide, Who Wins? A closer look at conflicting colorectal cancer screening recommendations Sep 26, 2023
COVID Conspiracies Return; Norovirus on the Hiking Trail; 2nd Pig Heart Transplanted Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Sep 25, 2023
Fentanyl Death Trends; Food Additives and Heart Disease Also in TTHealthWatch: MDMA and PTSD, and esophageal erosion and cancer Sep 23, 2023 podcast
Fewer Serious Problems With Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal Than Robotic Surgery Robotic-assisted cholecystectomy tied to higher rate of bile duct injury in older adults Sep 20, 2023
Delaying Esophageal Cancer Surgery After Neoadjuvant CRT Fails in Trial Histological complete response rates no better and survival appears worse Sep 19, 2023
Child Develops Voluminous Diarrhea After Amoxicillin Discordant test results complicate diagnosis of suspected C. difficile Sep 18, 2023
Non-Erosive GERD May Not Increase Risk of Esophageal Cancer Study shows similar incidence rates to general population, unlike for those with erosive GERD Sep 18, 2023
Blood Test Accurately Diagnosed Celiac Disease in Adults But biopsy should still remain standard, expert advised Sep 14, 2023
Adding Regorafenib in First-Line 'Promising' in Gastric Cancer Including TKI with nivolumab plus FOLFOX deemed safe in metastatic esophagogastric disease Sep 05, 2023
Gut Microbiome Study Yields Clues to Melanoma Development, Progression Differences between patients and volunteers, early- vs late-stage may help guide management Aug 31, 2023
Early Cholecystectomy Questioned for More Severe Acute Biliary Pancreatitis Retrospective analysis suggests worse outcomes versus delayed procedure Aug 25, 2023
Ultra-Rare Immune System Disease Gets First FDA-Approved Treatment Pozelimab reduced hospitalizations, albumin transfusions in CHAPLE disease patients Aug 18, 2023
Most Appendicitis Patients See Good Long-Term Outcomes With Conservative Tx Decades after antibiotic treatment, 60% of patients had avoided appendectomy Aug 10, 2023
Dementia Risk Linked With Cumulative Heartburn Med Use, Analysis Suggests Study adds to the ongoing discussion about proton pump inhibitors and cognition Aug 09, 2023
Study Questions Relationship Between Hospital Competition and Surgical Quality Outcomes were mixed, depending on the operation Aug 02, 2023
Should Surgery Be Offered for Malignant Bowel Obstruction? Study finds no benefit in terms of days alive and out of the hospital, but symptom burden eased Aug 02, 2023
Rotavirus Hospitalization in Kids Linked to Autoimmune Disease Later On Higher risks for arthritis, connective tissue disorders, other diseases seen in Korean study Jul 26, 2023
Gut Biome Altered in Inflammatory Arthritis, but Causal Direction Unclear Authors of new study ready to exonerate intestinal flora as a cause of joint disease Jul 26, 2023
PPIs Linked to Worse Outcomes With Widely Used Breast Cancer Drug Concomitant use of proton pump inhibitors with palbociclib associated with shorter survival Jul 21, 2023
Nixing Food Triggers Could Ease More Eosinophilic GI Disorders Remission in stomach and duodenum, improved symptoms seen Jul 20, 2023
Lisa Marie Presley's Cause of Death; End of AIDS? Human-Animal COVID Transmission Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Jul 14, 2023
Mirikizumab Benefit in UC Extends Into Maintenance Phase Twice as many responders achieved clinical remission at week 40 versus placebo Jun 28, 2023
Continuing Trastuzumab After Progression Shows Promise in HER2+ Gastric/GEJ Cancer Adding anti-HER2 agent to ramucirumab, paclitaxel exceeds historical PFS with doublet Jun 28, 2023
Gut Microbiome Instability Associated With Lupus Nephritis Flares One specific gut microbe may be a major factor Jun 27, 2023
Transfascial Mesh Fixation During Complex Hernia Repairs: To Skip or Not to Skip? No fixation was noninferior to fixation in open retromuscular ventral hernia repair, trial shows Jun 21, 2023
Neoadjuvant Chemo Flops Versus Upfront Surgery for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Survival 13 months better with surgery, but "curiosities" in neoadjuvant arm muddy the results Jun 04, 2023
UnitedHealthcare in the Hot Seat Over GI Procedure 'Advance Notification' Policy New rule came in response to concerns over proposed prior authorization policy Jun 01, 2023
Warning: Prior Auth for Colonoscopy Is the Wrong Way to Go The policy adds delays to care and may worsen health outcomes May 24, 2023
In a Reminder of AI's Limits, ChatGPT Fails Gastro Exam Both versions of the AI model failed to achieve the 70% accuracy threshold to pass May 22, 2023
Ocaliva for NASH Gets Thumbs Down From FDA Advisors Difficulty of risk mitigation for potential drug-induced liver injury weighed heavily on members May 19, 2023
First JAK Inhibitor Approved for Crohn's Disease Upadacitinib lands indication for moderately to severely active disease in adults May 18, 2023
AI in Colonoscopy: Disconnect Grows Between Academic, Community Studies Clearly helpful in manufacturers' trials, but not so much in routine practice May 09, 2023
Gut Bacteria Cocktail Helps Long COVID Oral treatment alleviates symptoms better than placebo May 09, 2023
Study: VA Surgeons Who Do Colonoscopies May Need More Training Outdone by gastroenterologists in finding adenomatous polyps May 08, 2023
Even at Stage IV, Immunotherapy Helps in Pancreatic Cancer Small but clear boost to overall survival May 07, 2023
Medicaid Expansion Seen Lifting Colon Cancer Screening for Low-Income People But not a cure-all in states boosting eligibility May 06, 2023
Gut Microbiome Varies Hour to Hour, Month to Month Intraindividual shifts over time may explain why drugs don't work the same in everyone May 04, 2023
