Gastroenterology News

• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• What’s the Best Approach for Sustained Weight Loss? With nutritional, pharmaceutical, and surgical options available for obesity, clinicians are being called upon to make decisions about how to best help their patients lose weight and keep it off.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Are Patients On GLP-1s Getting the Right Nutrients? As GLP-1 RA use soars, experts are worried that patients may not be getting the right nutrients in their diets. How can clinicians support their patients’ nutritional needs?
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Long-Term Budesonide Shows Sustained Efficacy in EoE Long-term budesonide orodispersible tablets effectively maintained remission in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis and demonstrated a favorable safety profile.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• KRAS Mutation Types Shape Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes Researchers assessed the association of KRAS mutations in metastatic PDAC with the clinical outcomes and responses to first-line chemotherapy regimens.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Dietary Calcium Cuts Colorectal Cancer Risk by 17% The largest ever study on the link between diet and bowel cancer has confirmed a protective effect of dietary calcium.
  Medscape News UK, January 08, 2025
• Study Identifies Risk Potential for Thousands Of Mutations Of a Cancer Gene Scientists have characterized the role of thousands of mutations in the BRCA2 cancer gene, findings that may help reassure worried patients about their cancer risk or guide...
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2025
• FMT Shows Early Success in Type 1 Diabetes With Bowel Issues In the first study of its kind, researchers reported that fecal microbiota transplantation was a safe and beneficial approach for patients with type 1 diabetes and severe gastroenteropathy.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• How Often Do Radiation Plans Need Peer Review Changes? A meta-analysis found that peer reviews in radiation oncology led to recommendations to change treatment plans in more than one in four patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Alert Last Month in Oncology: FDA Cancer News Roundup The FDA continues to approve new drugs and expand indications for others at a rapid pace. Here’s a summary of what happened last month.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Drug Shortages: Does Canada Manage Them Better? Oncology drugs tend to “percolate to the top” of shortage lists that prioritize drugs of concern, said expert.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Retatrutide Produces Greatest Weight Loss Dual- and triple-agonist GLP-1s appear to achieve greater weight loss in an overview of clinical trials of approved and investigational agents.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• GLP-1s: The Key to Meet BMI Cutoff for Orthopedic Surgery? Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• ESG Alone Offers Lasting Benefits for Obesity Comorbidities Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty proved effective as a standalone procedure, improving obesity-related comorbidities and leading to sustained weight loss over 5 years.
  Medscape Medical News, January 06, 2025
• US Surgeon General Urges Cancer Warnings for Alcoholic Drinks -Alcoholic drinks should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, the U.S. Surgeon General said in an advisory on Friday, noting that their consumption...
  Reuters Health Information, January 03, 2025
• AI Colonoscopy's 'Intelligent' Module Ups Polyp Detection Results from a British trial add to the growing body of evidence supporting the use of AI-aided colonoscopy to increase premalignant colorectal polyp detection.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2025
• ESG Plus Lifestyle Intervention Shows Promise for MASH Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty combined with lifestyle changes was more effective for weight loss in patients with MASH and obesity than lifestyle changes alone.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2025
• Gastro Issues Common Symptom Cluster Tied to Kidney Failure Common symptom clusters in kidney failure included gastrointestinal problems, neuromuscular symptoms, and sexual concerns, showed a systematic review.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2025
• In HCV, Starting Treatment Trumps Staging for Liver Fibrosis Biomarker staging of liver fibrosis in hepatitis C was cost effective, but so was initiating treatment without testing.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025