Stomach/Duodenum News

A combination of education and short-term symptom management via rescue therapy helped most patients with dyspepsia in England either reduce proton pump inhibitor use or stop taking PPIs completely, according to findings recently published in BJGP Open.

There is no definitive cure for patients suffering from gastroparesis.

The FDA has provided a revised version of the draft guidance on trial designs and endpoints for clinical evaluation of gastroparesis.

Several factors, including lower hypervigilance, are associated with better outcomes of cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with supragastric belching, according to study results.

Daily coffee intake after laparoscopic elective colorectal resection may prevent postoperative ileus and reduce hospital stay due to a significantly shorter time to first bowel movement, according to data published in Diseases of the Colon and Rectum.

Mayo Clinic tops U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Best Hospitals rankings for adult gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery.

Several clinical factors, including older age and family history, are linked with gastric cancer among individuals with Lynch syndrome-associated mutations, according to study results.

SAN DIEGO — Individuals who actively smoked experienced worse outcomes after bariatric surgery, including death and serious morbidity, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Children aged younger than 5 years frequently ingest personal care products, with nearly 70,000 presenting to EDs throughout the United States for these ingestions, according to the findings of a retrospective analysis published in Clinical Pediatrics. This equates to nearly one child presenting to the ED every 2 hours.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome who previously had an inadequate response to loperamide therapy were able to achieve symptom control with Viberzi, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.