The FDA has approved widening the use of Shire Pharmaceuticals' drug Lialda to cover maintenance of remission in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to a news release by Shire Pharmaceuticals.
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As U.S. obesity rates continue to rise, bariatric surgery for teenagers is becoming more common, according to a report by CNN.
Screening every new colon cancer patient for Lynch syndrome, a hereditary condition, would extend lives at a reasonable cost, according to a news release by Stanford University School of Medicine.
Exercise regulates body weight apparently by influencing levels of hormones in the gut released before and after meals, according to a report by Medical News Today.
Bariatric surgery can lead to remission of type 2 diabetes, and improvement was more rapid and complete after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric-bypass surgery, according to a report by the Lancet.
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Gastric bypass surgery saves on medical costs in the long term by reducing the risk of complications linked to obesity, according to a report in the journal Maturitas.
Bariatric surgery was not significantly associated with decreased mortality in a study of mostly male VA patients in the Journal of the American Medical Association, according to a news release by the U.S. Air Force.
Stanford Hospital & Clinics' new Gastrointestinal Pain Program brings together gastroenterologists and pain physicians in a new multi-disciplinary treatment approach, according to a news release by Stanford.
A new study by researchers at Mayo Clinic has linked gastric bypass surgery to increased long-term fracture risk, according to a report by Internal Medicine News.
Endoscopic resection of T1 colorectal carcinomas had statistically similar outcomes to oncologic surgery, even when patients were thought to be at increased risk of cancer reoccurrence, according to an Internal Medicine News report.