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Treatment-resistant GERD reported by more than half of patients
SAN DIEGO – Research is needed into the high rates of PPI-refractory GERD.
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Bariatric surgery found to be effective in IBD patients
SAN DIEGO – Most patients continued to require no immunosuppression for control of their IBD after surgery.
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Chronic opioid use linked to low testosterone levels
Hypercortisolism also seen.
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Physical activity linked to less cirrhosis-related mortality
SAN DIEGO – Adults in the highest quintile of physical activity had a 73% lower risk for cirrhosis-related death than did those in the lowest...
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Toolkit for providing mental health care to Muslim patients launched
SAN FRANCISCO – Expert explores challenges of providing mental health care to Muslim patients.
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Hip-hop offers lens into psyche of black boys, men
SAN FRANCISCO – Suicidality in black men might not look the same as it does in other patients, Dr. Sarah Y. Vinson said.
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Sustainable weight loss seen 5 years after endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
The researchers plan to follow the current cohort for the next 10-20 years.
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New risk score predicts cardiac-device infection
SAN FRANCISCO – Researchers devised a risk score to predict cardiac-device infection using data from 19,603 patients in the PADIT trial.
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Experimental drug holds promise for the treatment of thyroid eye disease
Eye bulging declines significantly after treatment with infusions of teprotumumab, but the cost of the medication may be very high.
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Higher AFib ablation volumes linked with better outcomes
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. hospitals with the lowest volume of atrial fibrillation catheter ablations had worse outcomes...