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What Is Celiac Disease?
WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2023 – Celiac disease is a chronic disease that can’t be cured, but treatment can help with symptoms. This guide will break down what you need to know about celiac disease, i...
ASCO: Microbiome Varies for Early-Onset, Late-Onset Colorectal Cancer
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 – The microbiome (MB) of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) varies between those diagnosed with early- or late-onset disease, according to a study presented at the annual...
Sleeve Gastrectomy + Hiatal Hernia Repair or Fundoplication Reduces GERD
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 – For patients undergoing bariatric surgery with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and/or hiatal hernia, sleeve gastrectomy (SG) with concomitant hiatal hernia repair...
Viruses in the Gut Might Help People Live to Be 100
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 – A key to living to 100 may be the viruses living in a centenarian’s guts. “This snapshot of how the virome interacts with gut microbiomes could tell us about how microbial a...
Sick Restaurant Workers Fuel Many Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 – Providing sick leave to restaurant workers could help prevent the spread of foodborne illness because ill workers are key drivers of outbreaks at restaurants, a new g...
Microplastics Are Harming the Guts of Seabirds -- and Maybe Humans, Too
TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 – Microplastic pollution is altering the gut microbiomes of wild seabirds and that could be a warning sign for humans, researchers report. Scientists from McGill University in...
Bariatric Surgery Tied to Less Medication Use Over 15 or More Years
FRIDAY, May 26, 2023 – Patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity use fewer lipid-lowering, cardiovascular, and antidiabetic medications over the long term versus patients with obesity not...
Grilling Plant-Based Burgers This Memorial Day? Safe Cooking Temperatures May Change
SUNDAY, May 28, 2023 – The last thing you want to invite to your Memorial Day cookout is foodborne illness. An expert from Virginia Tech offers some suggestions for keeping it at bay, even when...
ChatGPT Does Not Pass American College of Gastroenterology Tests
MONDAY, May 22, 2023 – The natural language processing model Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT) does not pass the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Self-Assessment Tests,...
Digestive Disease Week, May 6-9
Digestive Disease Week, the annual meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal...
Shift Work May Harm the Health of Men More Than Women
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 – Working nights can be tough on the body, and a new study suggests it might take a particular toll on men's health. The research, which involved lab mice and humans, hints...
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Aids Resolution of Recurrent C. Difficile
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 – For immunocompetent adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI), fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) yields a significant increase in resolution...
DDW: Antibiotic Exposure, Diet Increase Risk for Pediatric IBD
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 – Factors associated with the risk for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) include exposure to antibiotics during early childhood and a Western diet, according to...
Delaying Ileostomy Reversal Does Not Increase Postop Complications
MONDAY, May 15, 2023 – Delaying ileostomy reversal surgery does not affect the risk for postoperative complications, but loss of microbiota is associated with the incidence of complications,...
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