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Use of misoprostol can effectively mend small bowel injuries (SBI) caused by NSAIDs or aspirin, reports a recent study.

Individuals with either active or quiescent ulcerative colitis (UC) commonly experience abdominal pain, which is associated with active disease, female sex, and psychological symptoms and contributes to lower quality of life (QoL), as reported in a study.

Computer-aided detection (CAD) system–enhanced colonoscopies improve adenoma per colonoscopy (APC) and detection rate (DR) but offers no difference in advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACN) per colonoscopy and a small increase in ACN DR, a study has shown.

Children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) with a period of histologic disease control and diagnosed at younger ages appear to have reduced odds of developing esophageal strictures, according to a cohort study with >10 years of follow-up.

The third-generation narrow-band imaging (3G-NBI) appears better for gastric neoplasm (GN) detection than texture and colour enhancement imaging (TXI) and high-definition white-light imaging (WLI), suggest the results of a phase II study.