A presenter at the American College of Sports Medicine's 15th annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition reported that gastrointestinal problems are some of the most common medical complaints of endurance athletes, according to an ACSM news release.
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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease may be at higher risk of coronary artery disease, according to a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Bariatric surgery is associated with significant bone loss in adolescents, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
Proton-pump inhibitors do not effectively treat gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
Researchers found collecting two samples during fecal immunochemical tests can improve diagnostic yield without affecting patients' attendance to scheduled tests, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
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Bariatric surgery for weight loss could improve memory, according to a preliminary study recently published in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
By first asking patients what information would help them better prepare for a colonoscopy, UCLA and Veterans Affairs researchers developed a user-friendly booklet to help patients ready themselves for the procedure, according to a UCLA news release.
Gastroenterologists are more likely to obtain a detailed family history of colorectal cancer, use genetic services and be more aware of genetic testing availability than oncologists, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Commensal genomes for E. coli differ from typical E. coli, and these differences could have implications for reliable diagnosis and regulation of pathogenic E. coli in addition to the coliform cell-counting test, according to a study published in Proceedings of…
Chicago has demonstrated the greatest increase in Medicare coverage for virtual colonoscopies, compared to other regions, according to a Northwestern University news report.