Here are five recent GI studies to know:
1. Up to one third of patients with IBD experience anxiety, and one quarter have symptoms of depression, a systematic review and meta-analysis shows.
2. Putting vaccine services in inflammatory bowel disease centers is critical to improving immunization rates, researchers say.
3. A new study has discovered a targeted opioid that could relieve pain from IBD without causing side effects.
4. Long-term use of baby aspirin before a colorectal cancer diagnosis may reduce the risk of death, according to researchers from Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai.
5. A blood-based colorectal cancer test was found to be the most cost-effective alternative colorectal cancer test for people who didn’t want a colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical test.
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