Gastroenterology News

• Did Prior Authorization Refusals Lead to This Patient's Death? Physicians are being forced to delay or deny patient treatments while fighting for authorization from insurers. This delay could endanger patients.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet May Produce Disease Remission The Crohn's disease exclusion diet appeared to induce and maintain remission in patients with mild-to-moderate biologic-naive disease in a pilot trial from Israel.
  Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2021
• Kool-Aid, Lemonade, Tang Recalled for Metal or Glass Bits Several popular powdered drink mixes from Kraft Heinz have been recalled.
  WebMD Health News, November 24, 2021
• Sulfur Microbial Diet Tied to Colorectal Cancer Risk Following a diet that promotes sulfur-metabolizing bacteria is associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer, researchers suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, November 22, 2021
• Chronic Marijuana Use May Impair Donor Islet Cells Donor islet cells from chronic marijuana users were not as effective in reversing diabetes in vitro and in mice as islet cells from non-marijuana users, suggesting that transplanted cells from users may not function optimally, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 22, 2021
• Obesity Rates Soar in Early Adulthood in the US Interventions during ages 18-25 seen as key to shift unhealthy trajectory.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• A Single Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Tied to Long-Term Protection Against Colorectal Cancer In adults ages 55 to 64, a single flexible sigmoidoscopy screening is associated with a substantial reduction in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, with a protective effective lasting up to 18 years, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 19, 2021
• Biden Resumes Presidential Duties Following Colonoscopy President Biden received an annual physical exam and routine colonoscopy today, temporarily transferring presidential power to Vice President Harris.
  WebMD Health News, November 19, 2021
• Human CRP Protects Against Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Injury The hepatocyte-produced inflammatory marker C-reactive protein may be a checkpoint that protects against acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury, according to research findings.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• ACG 2021 Esophageal Cancer Requires Long-term Postop Surveillance Endoscopic resection of T1 esophageal adenocarcinoma is associated with excellent overall survival, yet long-term surveillance is still required for possible recurrence.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• Survival the Same for Younger and Older Patients With Mets CRC Compared with older patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, younger patients have similar survival odds, despite being generally healthier and receiving more intensive treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• AASLD 2021 NAFLD, ALD Prevalent Among Teens, Young Adults A substantial proportion of adolescents and young adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and alcohol-associated fatty liver disease have significant fibrosis, a nationwide study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• Biden to Have Routine Colonoscopy, Transfer Power to Harris Biden was driven early Friday to the medical center in the Washington suburbs for his first routine physical exam as president.
  Associated Press, November 19, 2021
• During Pandemic, Malpractice Cases Drop Slightly: Survey COVID-19 seems to have had some effect on the number of lawsuits and how long it takes to get through one, but for the most part, not much has changed, according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• AGA Clinical Care Pathway: NAFLD and NASH The American Gastroenterological Association recently published a Clinical Care Pathway for screening, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccines: Lower Serologic Response in IBD Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases urged to get full mRNA vaccine series without delay and possibly a third dose.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• ACG 2021 Prior Biologic Exposure No Barrier for Ozanimod in Colitis Ozanimod is significantly more effective than placebo for treating patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, regardless of prior biologic exposure, based on results of a phase 3 trial.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• ACG 2021 In Diabetes, Fast-Growing Pancreatic Cysts May Be a Red Flag Faster growth rates of pancreatic cysts in the presence of diabetes are important because they represent a potential mark for cyst aggressiveness.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
• KRAS-Variant Subtypes Tied to Worse Outcomes in Intrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer In patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma who underwent curative resection, G12 KRAS variants, were associated with worse survival and increased risk of recurrence in a Chinese cohort study.
  Reuters Health Information, November 16, 2021
• Sanjay Gupta on Becoming 'Pandemic Proof' and Eating Pickles Dr Sanjay Gupta urges us to get prepared now for future pandemics.
  WebMD Health News, November 18, 2021