Gastroenterology News

Women with endometriosis had higher rates of health care utilization and were significantly more likely to experience upper gastrointestinal and dyspeptic symptoms, according to preliminary data in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Treatment for Helicobacter pylori was associated with improved overall and disease-free survival among patients with confirmed infection and gastric cancer who underwent gastrectomy, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Didn’t make it to the meeting? Here’s a collection of Healio-curated highlights, including expert insight on the latest research and treatments for biliary diseases, including primary biliary cholangitis, progressive familial cholestasis and more.

Induction and maintenance treatment with infliximab was more efficacious than vedolizumab in patients with Crohn’s disease, while efficacy was similar between the two therapies in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to data.

Triennial blood-based screening for colorectal cancer was not cost-effective compared with existing screening modalities such as colonoscopy, fecal immunochemical test and stool DNA testing, according to microsimulation model projections.

WASHINGTON — Swallowed corticosteroid treatment did not impact growth velocity among children with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Female sex, smoking, Crohn’s disease and a history of surgery to treat inflammatory bowel disease were associated with an increased risk for developing extraintestinal manifestations of disease, according to research in Gastroenterology.

The White House has accepted a $25,000 commitment from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, which will help advance the administration’s goal to end hunger and nutrition disparities by 2030.

Most patients with all-cause and norovirus-associated acute gastroenteritis have only one health care encounter, primarily in the outpatient setting, researchers found in a study.

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