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1 day ago · The digestive disease burden in the United States is substantial, increasing, and associated with health disparities and mortality, according to results of a retrospective study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.. Researchers evaluated rates and trends of the national digestive disease burden during the past decade overall and among specific population groups using multiple ...

1 day ago · HealthDay News — In a clinical guideline issued by the American College of Gastroenterology and published in the January issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, recommendations are presented for the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).. Evan S. Dellon, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, and colleagues made ...

Sep 8, 2023 · Patients who receive treatment with a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, such as semaglutide, may experience delayed gastric emptying due to the drug’s mechanism of action (MOA). 1 Symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, heartburn, pain, or bloating. 2 However, the symptoms of delayed gastric emptying resulting from GLP-1 receptor agonists may be similar to symptoms of ...

2 days ago · HealthDay News — Sociodemographic, health care, and clinical factors are associated with receipt of semaglutide in those with obesity but without diabetes, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in JAMA Network Open.. Meghan I. Podolsky, from the Boston University School of Public Health, and colleagues explored factors associated with semaglutide initiation among commercially insured ...

Sep 27, 2024 · Over the summer, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a biosimilar for Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), a blood-based test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, a new indication for heartburn associated with nonerosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a new indication for UC, and a new indication for younger patients with progressive familial intrahepatic ...

Jan 7, 2020 · Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are frequently referred to gastroenterologists. As patients get older GERD is more common, with a prevalence of 20% or higher in the outpatient setting. 1 Elderly patients with GERD can clinically present differently than younger patients and their management may therefore vary. A review article published by Dr M Kurin of the Digestive ...

Nov 1, 2024 · References: Eisenberg D, Shikora SA, Aarts E, et al. 2022 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO): indications for metabolic and bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022;18(12):1345-1356. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.08.013 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Aug 30, 2024 · Risk Assessment. For adults with complicated IAI, the panel recommends the APACHE II (Acute Physiology Age Chronic Health Evaluation II) as the preferred measurement scale for risk stratification within 24 hours of hospital or intensive care unit (ICU) admission (low certainty of evidence).

Aug 2, 2024 · The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) released a clinical practice update in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology about the role of intestinal ultrasound (IUS) in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs).. The primary objectives in IBD management are to reverse endoscopically evident inflammation, maintain long-term remission, and to avoid complications.