Gastroenterology News

CHICAGO — Adults with occasional constipation reported significant improvement in stool consistency and GI-related symptoms after receiving a probiotic blend, results from a randomized study presented at NUTRITION showed.

The FDA has approved Guardant Health’s Shield blood test to screen for colorectal cancer in patients aged 45 years and older at average risk for disease, according to a company press release.

Every year on July 28th, clinicians and researchers recognize World Hepatitis Day to bring awareness to one of the world’s deadliest but preventable viruses and continue efforts to meet the global goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030

Findings from a study that identified differences in the gut microbiota of children with autism indicate that stool sample testing could be used as an early, noninvasive diagnostic tool for autism, researchers reported.

The risk for developing long COVID declined over the course of the pandemic but has remained significant, researchers reported.

For the ninth consecutive year, the Mayo Clinic has been named the best hospital in the United States for gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, according to the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.

The FDA’s recent authorization of a rapid, point-of-care test to diagnose current hepatitis C virus infection is a major victory, but it would be malpractice to initiate same-day HCV treatment if a patient’s hepatitis B virus status is unknown.

In a Healio exclusive, Andres J. Acosta, MD, PhD, highlights data demonstrating that the MyPhenome test may serve as a biomarker to determine whether a patient with obesity will be a “good responder” to semaglutide.

Healio will present its seventh annual Disruptive Innovators Awards for gastroenterology and hepatology this fall.

The FDA has approved the Stelara biosimilar Pyzchiva for psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease and all other indications approved for the reference medicine, according to a press release from Sandoz.