GI & Hepatology News Archive - 2011
December 2011
Issue Highlights
- New AGA Standards For GIs Performing CTC
- Gastric Bypass at 6 Years: Diabetes Remission Persists
- Study May Alter Barrett’s Surveillance
- Certain Diabetes Drugs May Raise Pancreatic Ca Risk
- C. diff Infection, Colonization Have Different Predictors
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November 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Gastro-Jejunal Sleeve: 1-Year Data Promising
- Fatigue, IBS Persist 3 Years After Giardiasis
- NAFLD Linked to Cardiovascular Risk
- Lymph Node Target in Colon Cancer Questioned
- Colon Cancer Risk Up 4-Fold in Female Longtime Smokers
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October 2011
Issue Highlights:
- CRC Incidence Drops 10% in 5 Years
- New Syndrome “Cord Colitis” Identified
- Pregnancy Raises Risk of Liver Graft Loss
- Linaclotide Reduced Chronic Constipation in Two Trials
- Initial Vancomycin Linked to C. difficile Recurrence
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September 2011
Issue Highlights:
- New EoE Guidelines Provide Insights
- Colonoscopy Screening Interval Often Too Short
- Irradiation Effective in Gastric Lymphoma
- Study Supports Link Between PPI Use and Hip Fracture
- NAC Fails in Pediatric Non-Acetaminophen ALF
August 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Adding Boceprevir Achieved SVR of 64%
- Cyclosporine No Better Than Infliximab for UC
- Many Factors Affect Adenoma Detection
- Data Support Extending Imatinib for High-Risk GIST
- NIH-AARP Study: Diabetes Linked to Several GI Cancers
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July 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Use of Water May Boost Adenoma Detection
- Colonoscopy Could Lose Ground to Novel Technologies
- Ulcers Healed Despite Aspirin, if on PPI
- Dor and Toupet Fundoplication Show Similarities After Myotomy
- Outcomes Similar for Open, Laparoscopic Liver Resection
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June 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Bundling of Endoscopic Procedures Underused
- Telaprevir Raises SVR for All IL28B Genotypes in Hep C
- New Colonoscopy Quality Metric Proposed
- Bariatric Mortality Not Higher for Elderly
- Laparoscopic Liver Surgery Safe for HCC With Cirrhosis
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May 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Aspirin and NSAIDs Raise Diverticulitis Risk
- Quadruple Therapy Found Superior For H. pylori
- Psoriasis Due to Anti-TNFs Poses Dilemma
- States Prepare to Revamp Relicensing Requirements
- Gastric Ca Recurred in 27% Despite Complete Response
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April 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Reminder System Doubles Colonoscopies
- FDA Warns About PPI-Related Hypomagnesemia
- Sunitinib Beneficial in Pancreatic NET
- Markers May Predict Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
- Consider Liver Transplant for Some Cholangiocarcinomas
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March 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Telaprevir, Boceprevir Boost SVR in Hep C
- Bisphosphonates May Cut Risk of Colorectal Cancer
- Delay in Chemo Reduces Survival in CRC
- CMS Tweaks Hospital Sedation Policy Again
- Low-Dose Aspirin Cut Cancer Mortality By 30%-40%
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February 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Expert Consensus on PPIs and Antiplatelets
- Rifaximin May Help Relieve IBS Symptoms
- Telbivudine Cut HBV Transmission at Birth
- Doxorubicin + Sorafenib Beneficial in Advanced HCC
- Ultrasound Versus CT for Acute Abdominal Pain
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January 2011
Issue Highlights:
- Arbaclofen Improves GERD and Sleep Quality
- Aspirin Dose Linked to Risk of Upper GI Bleeding
- Serrated Polyps With Adenomas Raise Risk
- Wide Screening for Lynch Syndrome Cost Effective
- Pursue SVR in Transplant Patients With Chronic Hep C
