High-fiber foods have been linked to a decreased risk of gallbladder surgery among participants in a recent study conducted in France. People who ate higher amounts of fruits, vegetables and...
Your gut microbiome is a vast collection of microbes, including bacteria, that exist in your digestive tract, which can be affected by the process required to prepare for a colonoscopy,...
As public opinion and states shift toward a majority of Americans favoring marijuana legalization and nearly two-thirds of all states adopting some form of medicinal marijuana laws, respectively, the topic of cannabis as a...
Over the last twenty years, the incidence rate of Colorectal Cancer among patients age 55 and younger has grown significantly. With this increased frequency of the disease among those ages...
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Chris E. Forsmark, MD; Santhi Swaroop Vege, MD and C. Mel Wilcox, MD N Engl J Med 2016; 375:1972-1981, November 17, 2016 Abstract available at: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1505202 This interesting review by...
A Pharmacoepidemiological Claims Data Analysis Willy Gomm, PhD; Klaus von Holt, MD, PhD; Friederike Thomé, MSc; et al. JAMA Neurol. 2016 April; 73(4):410-6 Abstract available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26882076 This association was...
Thomas V. K. Herregods; Ans Pauwels; Jafar Jafari; Daniel Sifrim; Albert J. Bredenoord; Jan Tack; and André J. P. M. Smout Gut 2017 March 15 Abstract available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28298354 It...
Gastrointestinal Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants: A Large Population-Based Study Gastroenterology 2016 Dec. 31, Vol. 152, Pgs. 932-934 Neena S. Abraham; Peter A. Noseworthy; Xiaoxi Yao; Lindsey R. Sangaralingham and...
Philip Katz, MD; Donald O. Castell, MD; Gary W. Falk, MD, MS; Michael Vaezi, MD, PhD, MSc Supplement to Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News (Special Report), November 15, 2016 Summary and...
