Gastroenterology News

Adam S. Cheifetz, MD, director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, medical director of Infusion Services at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, spoke with Healio about ulcerative colitis.

Offspring born to mothers with prenatal or third trimester intestinal infection or genitourinary tract infection experienced a significantly higher risk for biliary atresia, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Patients diagnosed with cryptogenic pyogenic liver abscess had a “significantly higher incidence” of colorectal cancer up to 3 years from diagnosis compared with matched controls, highlighting the importance of CRC screening, data showed.

CMS has finalized a new final rule that aims to shorten prior authorization timelines and streamline processes to remove barriers to patient care, according to a press release.

Cancer mortality in the U.S. is projected to decline again in 2024, but the number of new diagnoses should top 2 million for the first time, an annual report from the American Cancer Society revealed.

Use of nonselective beta-blockers was associated with stage 2 acute kidney injury and all-cause mortality among patients with decompensated cirrhosis waitlisted for liver transplantation, data showed.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In this Healio video exclusive, Onyinye Ugonabo, MD, reviews the case of young patient who presented with symptoms of ulcerative colitis following discontinuation of growth hormone therapy.

On Oct. 24, 2023, Debra Houry, MD, MPH, chief medical officer and deputy director for program and science at the CDC, issued a grim warning to members of the media: Burnout among health care workers “has reached crisis levels.”

Adults with type 2 diabetes who use GLP-1 receptor agonists do not have an increased short-term risk for pancreatic cancer, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Health care law trends in 2023 were telehealth, whistleblowers, physician referrals and a more intense focus on compliance by providers and practices, according to a law expert speaking at Hawaiian Eye/Retina 2024.