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PPIs Cut Acid Pocket Impact in GERD
Key clinical point: Proton pump inhibitors have more than one beneficial action in esophagitis.Major finding: The size, position, and acidity of...
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PPIs Cut Acid Pocket Impact in GERD
Key clinical point: Proton pump inhibitors have more than one beneficial action in esophagitis.Major finding: The size, position, and acidity of...
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PPIs cut acid pocket impact in GERD
Key clinical point: Proton pump inhibitors have more than one beneficial action in esophagitis.Major finding: The size, position, and acidity of...
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Serrated polyposis syndrome warrants annual screen
Major finding: No cases of colorectal cancer were detected over a mean of 3 years of annual surveillance colonoscopy in patients with serrated...
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Birth defect risk low in celiac disease
Key clinical point: Parents with celiac disease do not now have an increased risk of having a child with birth defects.Major finding: Mothers with...
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Nucleoside analogues’ benefits in HBV vary
Key clinical point: Entecavir treatment in HBV reduces the risk of transplant and death.Major finding: HBV patients treated with nucleoside...
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Alcohol assessment instrument may predict detox complications
Key clinical point: Scores on the CIWA might be a better predictor of complications from withdrawal than homelessness, a history of blackouts, or...
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Ramosetron offers IBS-D alternative
Major finding: More than half of patients given ramosetron (50.3%) reported improved stool consistency after the first month of treatment,...
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Phone calls offer ‘early warning’ in IBD
Major finding: Patients who frequently telephoned an IBD care center were also hospitalized at a rate that was 10 times greater than patients who...
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Diet modifications highly effective in EoE
Major finding: Elemental diets effectively induced histologic remission in 90.8% of eosinophilic esophagitis patients.Data source: A meta-analysis...
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Stop beta-blockers in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Major finding: Beta-blockers were linked to lower transplant-free survival among spontaneous bacterial peritonitis patients (hazard ratio, 1.58)....
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Botox shots may help lift major depression
Key clinical point: The database showing a connection between Botox injections and elevated mood among patients with refractory depression...
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Novel program cuts antipsychotics in metabolic patients
Key clinical point: Accessing Medicaid data in real time can "help prescribers make better choices from the start."Major finding: A Web-based...