Gi Tract
‘Healthy Gut from the Start’ campaign sheds light on GI tract function, digestive diseases
In 1988, President Ronal Reagan declared May National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, and since then activities and programs have been implemented to increase the understanding of causes and treatments for various digestive diseases.
Blood or marrow transplant survivors at high risk for malignant neoplasms in the GI tract
Survivors of blood or marrow transplants exhibited an increased risk for developing subsequent malignant neoplasms in the gastrointestinal tract, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Oncology.
ACG guides diagnosis, management of subepithelial GI lesions with new recommendations
The ACG has developed a clinical guideline to aid physicians in the diagnosis and management of patients with gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions, which recently was published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Cancer complications topped reasons for GI tract surgery prior to hospice admission
Most gastrointestinal tract surgeries performed before hospice admission were for urgent or emergent complications of cancer and required patient hospitalization in the preceding 3 years, according to a California-based cohort study.
SARS-CoV-2 genomes persist in GI tract following infection resolution
SAN DIEGO — The discovery of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in endoscopy samples of patients who recovered from COVID-19 suggests that the gut serves as a reservoir for the virus, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.