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Strong public policies can prevent alcohol-related diseases, deaths

11 Mar 2024 by

An alcohol preparedness index (API) can help assess the establishment and strength of alcohol-related public health policies across the globe, according to a study.

Strong public policies can prevent alcohol-related diseases, deaths

11 Mar 2024

Are you eating the right plant-based diet?

10 Mar 2024

Not all plant-based diets are good for the body, and adherence to an unhealthful type may negatively affect gut microbiome diversity, composition, and metabolites, suggests a study.

Are you eating the right plant-based diet?

10 Mar 2024

Efruxifermin shows therapeutic potential alongside GLP-1RA medications

09 Mar 2024

Treatment with the Fc–FGF21 analogue efruxifermin is well tolerated and appears to further improve liver health in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) with fibrosis who are already on a GLP-1RA, according to a phase IIb trial.

Efruxifermin shows therapeutic potential alongside GLP-1RA medications

09 Mar 2024

Computer-aided detection of colonic neoplasia yields modest improvements

08 Mar 2024

The use of real-time, computer-aided detection of colonic neoplasia leads to modest increases in adenoma detection rate and adenomas detected per colonoscopy in average-detector community endoscopists, as shown in the results of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Computer-aided detection of colonic neoplasia yields modest improvements

08 Mar 2024

DASH, plant-based diets help prevent gastrointestinal cancers

06 Mar 2024

People who follow a healthy eating pattern, such as the dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) or the healthful plant-based diet index (hPDI), have a lower risk of gastrointestinal cancers (GIC), suggests a study. These dietary patterns also appear to partly compensate for genetic predispositions to cancer.

DASH, plant-based diets help prevent gastrointestinal cancers

06 Mar 2024

Inflammatory bowel disease tied to pancreatic cancer risk

05 Mar 2024

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) appear to have a moderately elevated risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a meta-analysis.

Inflammatory bowel disease tied to pancreatic cancer risk

05 Mar 2024

OUtMATCH: Omalizumab gains FDA nod for IgE-mediated food allergies

05 Mar 2024 by

Omalizumab scores in the NIH*-sponsored phase III OUtMATCH** trial, increasing the threshold for an allergic reaction to peanut and other common food allergens in children and adults with multiple food allergies.

OUtMATCH: Omalizumab gains FDA nod for IgE-mediated food allergies

05 Mar 2024

Add-on radioligand therapy improves PFS in SSTR+ G2/G3 GEP-NETs

05 Mar 2024 by

Adding lutetium-177 (¹⁷⁷Lu)–Dotatate radioligand therapy (RLT) to long-acting octreotide as first-line therapy significantly improves progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with newly diagnosed somatostatin receptor-positive (SSTR+), grade 2 and 3 (G2 and G3), well-differentiated gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) compared with high-dose long-acting octreotide alone, according to the NETTER-2 trial presented at ASCO GI 2024.

Add-on radioligand therapy improves PFS in SSTR+ G2/G3 GEP-NETs

05 Mar 2024

High-dose PPI use among cirrhotic patients poses risk of death, complications

04 Mar 2024

Patients with cirrhosis who are exposed to high-dose proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are at increased risk of death and cirrhotic complications, as suggested in a retrospective study.

High-dose PPI use among cirrhotic patients poses risk of death, complications

04 Mar 2024

Nonpreventable readmission prevalent in patients with cirrhosis

04 Mar 2024

Readmissions within 30 days are common among patients with cirrhosis, but most of these are not preventable, reveals a study.

Nonpreventable readmission prevalent in patients with cirrhosis

04 Mar 2024

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Strong public policies can prevent alcohol-related diseases, deaths

Strong public policies can prevent alcohol-related diseases, deaths

Are you eating the right plant-based diet?

Are you eating the right plant-based diet?

Efruxifermin shows therapeutic potential alongside GLP-1RA medications

Efruxifermin shows therapeutic potential alongside GLP-1RA medications

Computer-aided detection of colonic neoplasia yields modest improvements

Computer-aided detection of colonic neoplasia yields modest improvements

DASH, plant-based diets help prevent gastrointestinal cancers

DASH, plant-based diets help prevent gastrointestinal cancers

Inflammatory bowel disease tied to pancreatic cancer risk

Inflammatory bowel disease tied to pancreatic cancer risk

OUtMATCH: Omalizumab gains FDA nod for IgE-mediated food allergies

OUtMATCH: Omalizumab gains FDA nod for IgE-mediated food allergies

Add-on radioligand therapy improves PFS in SSTR+ G2/G3 GEP-NETs

Add-on radioligand therapy improves PFS in SSTR+ G2/G3 GEP-NETs

High-dose PPI use among cirrhotic patients poses risk of death, complications

High-dose PPI use among cirrhotic patients poses risk of death, complications

Nonpreventable readmission prevalent in patients with cirrhosis

Nonpreventable readmission prevalent in patients with cirrhosis