IBD & Intestinal Disorders
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ERAS program for colorectal surgery cut length of stay, costs in community setting
Key clinical point: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs appear to be feasible for colorectal surgery patients in a community hospital...
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IBS and low-FODMAP diets
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C. difficile infection and fecal microbiota transplantation
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Dietary effects on the gut microbiome
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Dietary effects on the gut microbiome
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Birth defect risk low in celiac disease
Key clinical point: Parents with celiac disease do not now have an increased risk of having a child with birth defects.Major finding: Mothers with...
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Olmesartan can cause celiac disease mimicker
Key clinical point: When patients on olmesartan develop severe intestinal malabsorption with villous atrophy in the absence of positive serology...
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Mindfulness improved irritable bowel for a year
Major finding: IBS Severity Scale scores improved in the mindfulness group by 151 points at 6 months and by 115 points at 12 months, compared with...
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Resuming aspirin for cardioprotection after GI bleed tied to 38% cut in CV risk
Key clinical point: What’s the risk/benefit balance in restarting low-dose aspirin for secondary cardioprevention following a lower GI bleed? New...
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TNF-alpha antagonists did not increase cancer risk in IBD
Major finding: A total of 6.7% of patients who never took TNF-alpha antagonists developed cancer during follow-up, compared with 1.8% of patients...