Stomach/Duodenum News

SAN DIEGO — Patients with gastroparesis who have vitamin, mineral or protein deficiencies, which is about half of patients, are more prone to symptoms of nausea and vomiting, according to study results presented at Digestive Disease Week.

CLEVELAND — In this exclusive video from the Cleveland Clinic IBD Master Class, Tracy Hull, MD, section chief of inflammatory bowel disease within the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, discusses a session she moderated that focused on terminal ileal Crohn’s disease.

SAN DIEGO — Velusetrag, an oral, highly selective 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 4 agonist, effectively reduced symptoms and gastric emptying in patients with diabetic or idiopathic gastroparesis, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

SAN DIEGO — States with legalized cannabis have not seen higher hospitalization rates for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome compared with other states, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who undergo appendectomy showed higher risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

SAN DIEGO — Over the next four days, the gastroenterology community will convene in the San Diego Convention Center for Digestive Disease Week 2019, the specialty’s largest scientific conference.

Adolescents with severe obesity were 27% more likely than adults with obesity to experience type 2 diabetes remission 5 years after undergoing Roux en Y gastric bypass, as well as 51% more likely to experience hypertension remission vs. adults, according to findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Magnetic assisted capsule endoscopy is effective for the assessment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, according to study results.

Patients who cannot undergo surgery for early gastric cancers could benefit from local disease control with endoscopic submucosal dissection, according to study results.

The FDA has approved a non-surgical weight loss device for adults with obesity and have a body mass index of 30 kg/m2 to 40 kg/m2, according to a press release.