IBD & Intestinal Disorders
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AGA clinical practice update: Expert review on managing short bowel syndrome
Twelve new best practice advice statements reflect the evidence for definition, diet, drugs, and education surrounding the relatively rare...
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Are artificial sweeteners really harmless?
New research suggests that sugar substitutes are not metabolically inert but can alter the gut microbiome in a way that can influence blood...
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COVID-19 may trigger irritable bowel syndrome
Estimates of the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms with COVID-19 have ranged as high as 60%.
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Real-world study shows subcutaneous vedolizumab effective for maintenance in IBD
About 9% of patients switched back to IV vedolizumab because of adverse events or fear of needles.
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Rethinking histology as treatment target in ulcerative colitis
Active histology should not be used as a treatment target in ulcerative colitis, as it seems to have no impact on the risk of clinical relapse.
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Comorbidities key to serious infections with IBD treatment
Older IBD patients with comorbidities are less likely to be hospitalized due to an infection if they are treated with vedolizumab or ustekinumab...
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Ulcerative colitis: New AI may standardize endoscopic classification of activity
This artificial intelligence model could distinguish all four Mayo endoscopic categories and even end intra- and interobserver variation.
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Fecal microbiota transplants: Finding new microbial markers for donor efficacy in UC
These microbial markers of donor efficacy could be used to optimize selection of donors to treat patients with the inflammatory bowel disease.
Conference Coverage
The importance of understanding disparities in IBD
These social determinants of health can, many times, have an even greater effect on disease presentation and outcomes than biological determinants...
Flashback
Then and now: Inflammatory bowel diseases
While prevalence of IBD is still highest in the Western world, there is now increasing incidence, even accounting for detection bias, in people of...