News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: June 4, 2013
Major finding: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was associated with significant reductions in CDAI and SES-CD scores.Data source: A randomi...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: June 4, 2013
Major finding: The frequency of the A allele was significantly greater among patients with pancreatic cancer than among controls (odds ratio, 1.57...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 29, 2013
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 24, 2013
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 24, 2013
Major finding: An investigational interferon-free therapy is effective in patients at risk for poor response to interferon-based therapy.Data sour...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 22, 2013
Major finding: At 6-36 months after colonoscopy the rate of missed interval cancers was 3.5%; at 6-60 months the rate was 6%.Data source: A popula...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 21, 2013
Major finding: For every 1% decline in the physician adenoma detection rate, colorectal cancer risk increased by about 3%, and the risk of death r...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 21, 2013
Major finding: In 88 subjects who underwent traditional forward-viewing colonoscopy followed by FUSE colonoscopy, traditional colonoscopy detected...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 21, 2013
Major finding: Time to delivery was 29.2 vs. 43.1 hours with MVI vs. DVI treatment..Data source: A randomized, double-blind multicenter phase III ...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 21, 2013
Major finding: Older nighttime cholecystectomy patients had a threefold increased risk for complications.Data source: A retrospective study of 576...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 20, 2013
Major finding: The negative predictive value of narrow-band imaging colonoscopy was 92% for polyps less than 5 mm in the distal colon.Data source:...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 20, 2013
Major finding: Average coffee consumption was 50 vs. 78 cups per month, and percent of life actively drinking coffee was 50% vs. 67% in PSC cases ...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 19, 2013
Major finding: Inappropriate PPI use may cost up to $7,825 per patient over 10 years.Data source: A retrospective review of 100 patients.Disclosur...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 18, 2013
Major finding: Concentrations of four VOCs were significantly higher in the overweight/obese vs. nonobese children after adjustment for age, heigh...
News Author: Sharon Worcester Publish date: May 18, 2013
Major finding: Bowel prep scores were significantly better for app users (8.19) than for those who had smartphones (6.92) but did not use the app ...