Gastroenterology News

With the FDA label for Rezdiffra excluding the need for liver biopsy, experts proposed recommendations to “fill the gap” on how to leverage noninvasive tests to assess treatment response in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

Researchers estimated that nearly 15.6 million Americans consumed at least one potentially hepatotoxic botanical product in the past 30 days, similar to usage reports for simvastatin and NSAIDS.

Routine childhood vaccinations prevented more than 1.1 million deaths among children born during the past 30 years in the United States, CDC researchers found.

Adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes had reductions in body weight and HbA1c 1 year after undergoing an endoscopic procedure that resurfaces the duodenum lining, according to top-line results from a real-world registry study.

Although evidence suggests the risk for cardiovascular events with small-molecule drugs is low in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, experts advise screening for risk factors and stratification before initiation of therapy.

Serum albumin levels, specifically hypoalbuminemia, within 24 hours of hospital admission for acute pancreatitis may help predict adverse outcomes and mortality, according to researchers.

A new study provides the first evidence that illicit fentanyl use may play a role in hepatitis C transmission among injection drug users, according to researchers.

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce to overturn a decades-old decision known as the “Chevron deference.”

Patients who underwent liver transplantation vs. alternative therapy for unresectable colorectal liver metastasis had higher progression-free and overall survival, as well as lower rates of recurrence, researchers reported in JAMA Surgery.

Pemvidutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1/glucagon dual receptor agonist, lowered liver fat content, markers of inflammation and body weight in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and obesity, research showed.