Esophagus News

In my more than 30-year career as a registered dietitian in gastroenterology, it has been exciting to see the role of dietitians in gastrointestinal conditions become validated and expanded upon, most markedly over the past 10 years.

The impact of dietary factors on GERD symptoms can vary among individuals. While there are general dietary recommendations that can be beneficial for many people with GERD, each person may have unique trigger foods and tolerances.

Healio will present its sixth annual Disruptive Innovators Awards for gastroenterology and hepatology this fall.

Patients with all stages of Barrett’s esophagus had similar cancer worry, highlighting the need for improved health-related quality of life through education, reassurance and follow-up care, according to data in BMJ Open Gastroenterology.

WASHINGTON — A correlation between DeMeester scores and respiratory indicators approached statistical significance in patients with bronchodilator response and pathological gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Adolescents and adults experienced sustained improvements in eosinophilic esophagitis outcomes with dupilumab for up to 52 weeks, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2023 in Chicago.

CHICAGO — In this Healio video, Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH, explains that while mepolizumab outperformed placebo at 3 months, there were no additional symptom or endoscopic improvements at 6 months in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.

April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month; to help raise awareness, the Esophageal Cancer Action Network has hosted various events throughout the month and is offering kits for individuals to host their own events to celebrate.

Prolonged radiotherapy duration appeared associated with inferior DFS among a cohort of patients with esophageal cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with eosinophilic esophagitis taking a first-in-class peptide during a phase 2a randomized, double-blind clinical trial safely experienced reductions in esophageal intraepithelial eosinophil count, according to a press release.