Gastroenterology News

• Laparoscopic Pancreatoduodenectomy Feasible in Experienced Hands but With Marginal Benefit Laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy has only marginal clinical benefit over open pancreatoduodenectomy, even when performed by experienced surgeons, according to a large multicenter study from China.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery Tied to Lower All-Cause Mortality Adults with obesity have a longer life expectancy when they undergo metabolic-bariatric surgery, regardless of whether they have comorbid type 2 diabetes, a new meta-analysis suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• ECO 2021 Ultraprocessed Food Adversely Impacts Metabolome in Kids Analysis of molecular changes to the metabolome upon consumption of ultraprocessed foods shows concerning changes in midchildhood and adolescence known to be associated with overweight/obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• Tech Giants Are Moving Into Healthcare The federal government is partnering with connectivity powerhouses like Apple, Google, IBM, and Microsoft to transform the way health information is shared.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• Esophageal Cancer: Preop Chemoradiotherapy Benefit for 10 Years Among patients with locally advanced resectable esophageal or junctional cancer, the overall survival benefit conferred by preoperative chemoradiotherapy persists for at least 10 years.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2021
• Transplant Recipients Remain Vulnerable to COVID-19 After Vaccination The antibody response after two doses is improved over one dose, but many transplant recipients remain at risk of COVID-19 infection even after full vaccination.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2021
• AGA Shark Tank 2021: A Simple Design Survives The winner is a device that overcomes a longstanding challenge presented by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: biliary access.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2021
• ECO 2021 Herbal and Dietary Weight Loss Supplements: No Evidence They Work Two reviews show that any weight loss effects of herbal and dietary compounds are minimal at best; there needs to be tighter regulation of the supplement industry, say the researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• New Clues Show How the Immune System Fights COVID-19 Scientists have focused on antibodies the immune system makes to protect people from one part of the coronavirus spike, but now they report that antibodies can shield in other areas too.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• Low-Fat Diet Upped Quality of Life in Ulcerative Colitis Data suggest that even patients in remission could benefit from a healthier diet.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• ECO 2021 Vegetarians Have Better Cholesterol Levels, and More, Than Meat-Eaters People who follow a long-term vegetarian diet have better levels of a number of cardiovascular biomarkers than meat-eaters, with the greatest benefit seen in total and LDL cholesterol.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• Vedolizumab May Not Worsen COVID-19 Outcomes in IBD Patients Vedolizumab does not appear to worsen COVID-19 outcomes in patients with IBD, according to data from the Surveillance of Coronavirus Under Research Exclusion for IBD (SECURE-IBD) registry.
  Reuters Health Information, May 07, 2021
• Fecal Transplantation Safe but Ineffective in PsA Trial A trial found fecal microbiota transplantation in psoriatic arthritis inferior to sham but safe, and investigators said it's worthy of future study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• New Oral Protein Shows Promise for Ulcerative Colitis A recombinant anti-TNF alpha fusion protein showed safety and effectiveness in mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer — Are Sugary Drinks to Blame? A new analysis has found that two high-sugar drinks a day in young adulthood was associated with more than double the cancer risk before age 50.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Topol Talks: COVID-19 Variants Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty Medscape Medical News Editor-in-Chief Eric Topol, MD, addresses the ability of current and future COVID-19 vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 variants and other obstacles to pandemic "containment."
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Endoscopic Device Could Expand GERD Treatment, Reduce PPI Use In a sham-controlled trial, the GERD-X device had a short operation time and improved both symptoms and quality of life.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Look Beyond Liver Biopsy for NAFLD Diagnosis Researchers sought to compare characteristics of patients with NAFLD who were diagnosed using clinical criteria and those diagnosed via liver biopsy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• Alert FDA OKs Upfront Pembro for Advanced HER2+ Gastric Cancer The accelerated approval is for first-line use in combination with other agents for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
  FDA Approvals, May 06, 2021
• Web-Based Patient Education Cuts Down Upper GI Endoscopy for Dyspepsia Patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia may be less likely to require an upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy if they participate in web-based patient education, a small clinical trial suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2021