Gastroenterology
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VIDEO: Low FODMAP diet reduced kids’ IBS pain
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Celiac disease prevalence four times higher in pediatric IBS
Major finding: The prevalence of celiac disease was 4.4% in 270 children who had irritable bowel syndrome, which is four times higher than the...
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Pediatric information added to label of hepatitis B antiviral entecavir
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Childhood glomerular disease associated with adult hypertension
Major finding: Of men with a history of resolved childhood glomerular disease, 13.6% developed hypertension as adults, compared with 7.4% of men...
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Antibiotics may contribute to high pediatric C. difficile infection rate
Major Finding: Seventy-one percent of 944 pediatric C. difficile infections were community associated with the highest incidence among 1-year-old...
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VIDEO: Eosinophilic esophagitis may follow outgrown food allergy
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Sizzle magnets: a worrisome buzz in the emergency department
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Early anti-TNF-alpha treatment found effective in children with Crohn’s
Major finding: After propensity score matching, 85% of children with Crohn’s disease who were treated with early anti-TNF-alpha monotherapy...
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Intussusception risk seen with newer rotavirus vaccines
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Constipation drug overdose can cause heart, kidney problems
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Skin patch vaccine for traveler’s diarrhea proves clinically unsuccessful
Major finding: The efficacy of skin patch vaccine containing ETEC heat-labile toxin was 34.6%, (95% CI –2.2 to 58.9; P = .0621), with no...