Gastroenterology News

“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”

In a Healio video exclusive, Austin L. Chiang, MD, MPH, discusses his new book, “Gut: An Owner’s Guide,” which he hopes will help readers become “more empowered and better informed” about their gastrointestinal health.

Vibration-controlled transient elastography-based Agile scores accurately predicted liver-related events in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and “may be suitable alternatives” to routine liver biopsy.

Mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics reduced postoperative complications, including surgical site infection and dehiscence, vs. mechanical bowel preparation alone in patients undergoing elective rectal resection, data showed.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists were linked to a significantly higher risk for aspiration pneumonia after gastrointestinal endoscopy, particularly among those undergoing upper endoscopy and propofol sedation, according to a study.

The initiation of medications for alcohol use disorder, or AUD, at discharge reduced the incidence of several outcomes like hospital readmissions and ED visits, a study showed.

Adults with type 2 diabetes have a reduction in overall health care costs after bariatric surgery, regardless of whether they underwent gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy, according to study findings published in Obesity.

A quality performance measure that tracks follow-up colonoscopy rates within 6 months of an abnormal stool-based screening test was feasible and had a median reliability of 94.5% across health care organizations, according to researchers.

In this video, Sarah L. Maxwell, MD, and Janet M. Wojcicki, PhD, MPH, discuss a reported link between food insecurity at age 4 years and an increased risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among Latino children.

During Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month, an advocacy group launched the #IBSDilemma campaign to focus on the unique challenges that individuals living with this common gastrointestinal disorder may encounter in daily life.