Stomach/Duodenum News

In 1988, President Ronal Reagan declared May National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, and since then activities and programs have been implemented to increase the understanding of causes and treatments for various digestive diseases.

An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Tennessee was caused by raw milk consumption among members of a cow-share, according to a study.

Travel is a common part of life that we often take for granted — from simple acts of running errands and commuting to work to the bigger trips of visiting out-of-state loved ones and experiencing life-changing moments of world travel.

The gut microbiomes of children with ADHD differed from those of children without ADHD, findings published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showed.

Patients who underwent uncut Roux-en-Y had more severe gastrointestinal symptoms and higher incidence of residual gastritis and degree of bile reflux, while experiencing no reduction in stasis syndrome compared with traditional Roux-en-Y.

Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection was noninferior to open distal gastrectomy in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer, according to 5-year follow-up data published in JAMA Surgery.

Children who develop type 1 diabetes may have biomarkers present in the gut microbiome as early as age 1 year, according to a study published in Diabetologia.

The AGA has published a new clinical practice update on the diagnosis and management of patients with alpha-gal syndrome, an emerging food allergy that manifests with common gastrointestinal symptoms and is caused by Lone Star tick bites.

Non-Hispanic Black patients experienced higher rates of delayed appendicitis diagnosis and 30-day, postoperative hospital use compared with their white counterparts, according to research published in JAMA Surgery.

Adults who undergo bariatric surgery have a lower risk for all-cause mortality compared with those who do not undergo surgery, according to findings published in Obesity.