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Patients with both types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at risk of all-cause dementia risk, particularly frontotemporal dementia in Crohn’s disease patients, but this association may be attributed to frequent healthcare system contacts by patients with IBD detection bias, according to a study.

A team of scientists from Singapore has engineered probiotics that work to restore bile salt metabolism in the intestine, effectively nipping the development of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in the bud.

The tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) antagonist therapies adalimumab and infliximab are more effective than vedolizumab and ustekinumab in achieving endoscopic healing (EH) at 1 year among patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease (CD), a recent study has shown.

A real-time artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy device has the potential to improve the detection of polyps, including difficult-to-detect adenomas, even for experienced endoscopists, as shown in a study from Singapore.

Patients with severe alcohol-related hepatitis (AH) are likely to develop lung infection, which influences mortality at admission and after steroid initiation, a study has shown.