Gastroenterology News

• Intermittent Energy Restriction Tied to Gut, Brain Changes Losing weight via intermittent energy restriction can curb brain activity related to eating behavior and increase microbial diversity in the gut in individuals with obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Gastric Cancer Survival Differs by Race and Ethnicity Overall, Asian and Hispanic patients demonstrated better survival than White and Black patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Eli Lilly Offers Obesity Drug Directly to Consumers Eli Lilly launched its direct-to-patient portal on Thursday, providing its obesity medicine (as well as diabetes and migraine drugs) direct to the consumer.
  WebMD Health News, January 05, 2024
• FDA Evaluating 3 Side Effects Reported for Weight Loss Drugs A new report listed potential links between GLP-1 agonists and alopecia, aspiration during surgery, and suicidal ideation.
  WebMD Health News, January 05, 2024
• Merck Seeks GLP-1 Drugs With Benefits Beyond Weight Loss - CEO Merck & Co is seeking GLP-1 treatments with benefits beyond weight loss, CEO Robert Davis said on Thursday at a conference.
  Reuters Health Information, January 04, 2024
• 'Left in the Dark': Prior Auth Erodes Trust, Costs More A surprising prior authorization requirement left an oncologist's patient in extreme pain over the weekend.
  Medscape Medical News, January 04, 2024
• Wegovy Maker Novo Nordisk Enters Research Tie-ups With US Biotech Firms Blockbuster weight-loss drug maker Novo Nordisk announced on Thursday research collaborations with two U.S. biotech firms, part of its efforts to stay ahead in big pharma's...
  Reuters Health Information, January 04, 2024
• Explainer-What Other Health Conditions Might Weight-loss Drugs Treat? Novo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss therapy Wegovy are being studied to see whether they can improve health in other ways.
  Reuters Health Information, January 02, 2024
• Male Surgeons Linked With Higher Subsequent Healthcare Costs Healthcare costs are significantly higher when surgery is performed by a male surgeon than a female surgeon, data suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2024
• Who Is Helped by AI Use During Colonoscopy? The evidence is conflicting but suggests overall that using AI devices during colonoscopy will help endoscopists at every level, particularly as the technology is refined going forward.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
• Drugmakers Set to Raise US Prices on 500 Drugs in January Drugmakers including Pfizer, Sanofi and Takeda Pharmaceutical plan to raise prices in the United States on more than 500 drugs in early January, according to data analyzed...
  Reuters Health Information, December 29, 2023
• Older Adults Want Medicare, Insurance to Cover Obesity Drugs Older adults with overweight or diabetes are especially eager to have coverage for weight-loss medications.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
• Hospital Adverse Events Rise Post Private Equity Acquisition However, in-hospital mortality rates were not significantly different at private equity hospitals compared with control hospitals.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
• Elafibranor Appears Effective, Safe for PBC Treatment with elafibranor showed significantly greater improvements in relevant biochemical indicators of cholestasis than the placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2023
• For Weight Loss With a Low-Carb Diet, Quality Matters Only low-carbohydrate diets that emphasized high-quality protein, fat, and carbohydrates from whole grains and other plant-based foods were associated with less weight gain.
  Medscape Medical News, December 27, 2023
• Europe: Erythritol Laxative Effect, Lead Levels Concerning A new evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority has set a new level for safe consumption of the sweetener while confirming that a warning label will still be necessary.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
• Alert FDA Issues Warning About Counterfeit Ozempic The FDA has seized thousands of counterfeit units of semaglutide.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
• Can a Healthy Gut Microbiome Prevent Kidney Stones? Patients with kidney stones show key alterations in gut and urinary microbiota compared with those without.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
• We Know Healthy Gut Fights Infection. New Study Reveals How First-of-its-kind study could pave the way for microbiome-based treatments for infectious disease.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• ESD Curbs Adenoma Recurrence but More Adverse Events For large colonic adenomas, endoscopic submucosal dissection reduces the recurrence rate compared with endoscopic mucosal resection, but the adverse event rate is higher.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Top 10 Fictional Docs on Streaming TV Both tried-and-true and out-of-the-ordinary holiday gift ideas are offered to those seeking a great present for a physician.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 15, 2023
• New $1 Billion Plan for African Vaccine Manufacturing Up to $1 billion will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new scheme set up by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the global health organization said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• Alcohol Taxes Aren't High Enough, Says World Health Organization WHO urged governments on Tuesday to increase taxes on alcoholic drinks and impose them on products that are currently exempt, such as wine in some European countries.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
• How the Microbiome Influences the Success of Cancer Therapy Microbial diversity affects whether a tumor grows, leads to inflammation, develops immune escape mechanisms, or develops therapeutic resistance, said an internal medicine specialist.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
• No Adverse Effects From Steroids in Pregnant Women With EoE 'Our recommendations about the use of steroids among this population are based on the safety data extrapolated mainly from pregnant women with asthma.'
  MDedge News, December 01, 2023
• COVID Vaccines Lower Risk of Serious Illness in Kids Two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 40%.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• What Is the Dark Side of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists? Doctors who prescribe this class of medication should be aware of the rare side effects with which it is associated, said an obesity expert.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• Patients Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis at Salem Hospital At least 450 patients at Mass General Brigham, Salem Hospital, near Boston are at risk of HIV and hepatitis infection, according to a lawsuit claiming negligent intravenous medication administration.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• ACG 2023 Tool Identifies Alcohol Relapse Risk After Liver Transplant A novel prognostic tool based on social determinants effectively predicted increased risk of alcohol use relapse in adults who underwent liver transplants for alcoholic liver disease.
  MDedge News, December 01, 2023
• ASCO Details How to Manage Ongoing Cancer Drug Shortage The guidance also recommends counseling to help patients and providers who are struggling with 'psychological or moral distress' from ongoing shortages.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms Rarely Turn Cancerous Individuals with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms that lack 'worrisome or high-risk features' have no greater risk of pancreatic cancer than individuals without IPMNs.
  MDedge News, November 30, 2023
• ACG 2023 Two Choices for Resection Defect Repair Show Similar Success Two novel devices are similarly effective for tissue approximation of large endoscopic resection defects, but each has advantages.
  MDedge News, November 30, 2023
• Underdiagnosed: Anemia in Pregnancy Clinicians should screen patients who are pregnant for iron deficiency anemia, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• ACG 2023 Low-Dose Aspirin: No Flares in Pregnant Patients With IBD Low-dose aspirin is recommended for pregnant women who are at risk of hypertensive disorders, such as eclampsia, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes.
  MDedge News, November 29, 2023
• Long-Term Organ Preservation in Rectal Cancer Is Possible Long-term data from the OPRA trial show organ preservation at 5 years in about half of patients with stage II/III rectal adenocarcinoma who received total neoadjuvant therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2023
• AANEM 2023 Novel Myasthenia Gravis Therapies Bring Opportunities New treatments for myasthenia gravis are bringing new promise to patients, but their use must be balanced against short-term and long-term risks.
  MDedge News, November 27, 2023
• Bariatric Surgery Still Best Option for Some With Obesity Despite the rapid emergence of glucagonlike peptide-1 agonists for treating obesity, bariatric surgery may still be a better choice for some individuals, two experts say.
  Endocrine Society, November 27, 2023
• Histologic Activity in IBD Ups Risk of Serious Infections Histologic inflammation in IBD emerged as an independent risk factor for serious infection in a large Swedish population-based study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
• Surge in Eating Disorders Tied to COVID-19 Pandemic New data show a surge in insurance claims for eating disorders during the pandemic years, especially among teenagers.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
• New Trials in GI Cancers: Could Your Patient Benefit? Maybe one of your patients can join a new clinical trial in noncolorectal gastrointestinal cancer?
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023