Bictegravir-Based Treatment Wins for HIV/HBV Co-Infections Head-to-head comparison in ALLIANCE trial favors use over dolutegravir-based combination Aug 03, 2022
Low MELD Score No Barrier to Long Survival After Living-Donor Transplant End-stage liver disease patients with scores as low as 11 achieved survival of 13 years or beyond Aug 03, 2022
Medical Trauma in Patients With IBD Hospitalizations, flares, and pain cited as sources of post-traumatic stress Aug 01, 2022
Rare Mutations Linked to Protection Against Liver Disease Carriers of CIDEB variants were at lower risk for liver disease of any cause, study shows Jul 27, 2022
Improving Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy Visualization Meta-analysis shows 15% improvement in adequate small bowel cleansing with purgative preparations Jul 26, 2022
Starch for Cancer Prevention? It's Not as Bananas as You Think Resistant starch may be protective against certain Lynch syndrome-related cancers Jul 25, 2022
Diabetes Drug for Bile Acid Diarrhea Bests Standard of Care in Small Trial Liraglutide proves superior to colesevelam for cutting daily stool frequency in Danish trial Jul 21, 2022
Relapse Patterns in Chronic Hep B After Halting Treatment Researchers suggest finite therapy could be an option with entecavir or TDF in certain cases Jul 20, 2022
TNF Inhibitors, Thiopurines May Help Reduce Recurrent Acute Arterial Events IBD patients with previous events saw lower risk of recurrence, according to French study Jul 19, 2022
Novel Antifibrotic Improved Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B Phase II trial from China suggests benefit of add-on therapy Jul 15, 2022
Unexplained Acute Hepatitis in Children: More Evidence for Adenovirus 41 Two studies point to a suspiciously high prevalence Jul 13, 2022
'Don't Let Me Die in Pain,' My Patient Pleaded We must better manage the suffering of patients with a history of substance use disorder Jul 09, 2022
Odevixibat Scratches the Itch of Kids' Rare Liver Disease Phase III trial showed reduced pruritus in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis Jul 08, 2022
Missed Opportunities for Advance Care Planning After GI Surgery Multiple admissions typical leading up to urgent procedures followed by discharge to hospice Jul 07, 2022
CEND-1 Offers Hope in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Phase I study showed good safety profile, no dose-limiting toxicities, and encouraging activity Jul 06, 2022
Jaundice, Malaise in Woman With Heroin Habit, Inactive Hepatitis B HDV diagnosis portends imminent cirrhosis despite initial resolution of symptoms Jul 05, 2022
Hep C Cure Aside, Some Patients Still Benefit From Liver Cancer Screening Hepatocellular carcinoma risk persisted after direct-acting antivirals Jun 30, 2022
EASL Roundup: Path to 'Cure' in Hep B? Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet for NAFLD With T2D Noteworthy research from the European Association for the Study of the Liver annual meeting Jun 29, 2022
'A New Hope' for Rare, Deadly Liver Disease Small fazirsiran trial sees fibrosis regressions for liver disease associated with AAT deficiency Jun 28, 2022
Mixed Bag for Semaglutide in NASH-Related Compensated Cirrhosis Randomized trial showed improvements in cardiometabolic markers, but not liver fibrosis Jun 27, 2022
Liver Cirrhosis Tied to Elevated Risk for Stroke 37% higher risk observed in large German study Jun 25, 2022
Bulevirtide's Effect Sustained in Difficult-to-Treat Hepatitis D Nearly half of patients at week 48 had virological and biochemical response Jun 25, 2022
German Study Warns of Increasing Acute Hep C Reinfections in MSM 14% of patients experienced a reinfection over the past decade Jun 24, 2022
Early Liver Disease Detection Linked to Subsequent Lifestyle Improvements Danish study shows fibrosis screening associated with improved diet, alcohol use, and exercise Jun 24, 2022
Gastric Bypass Edges Out Sleeve Gastrectomy for 10-Year Outcomes Randomized trial compared the two popular bariatric surgeries Jun 22, 2022
Genotype Tied to Azathioprine Discontinuation for Toxicity Nearly threefold risk seen with a genotype most common among Black patients Jun 20, 2022
FDA OKs Risankizumab for Crohn's Disease Approval marks the third indication for the IL-23 inhibitor in adults Jun 17, 2022
Appendectomy Linked to Higher Risk of Microscopic Colitis Risk remained elevated over 10 years, Swedish study showed Jun 17, 2022
Early Anal Lesion Treatment Cuts Cancer Risk in People With HIV ANCHOR data support screening and treatment for anal HSIL in those ages 35 and up Jun 15, 2022
Intraoperative Catheter Disappoints for Urinary Retention After Hernia Repair Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair trial showed no risk reduction in post-op urinary retention Jun 15, 2022
Does Ditching Cost-Sharing Boost Follow-Up Colonoscopy? States saw differing results with policies eliminating costs after a positive noninvasive test Jun 14, 2022
Biologics for Crohn's Go Head to Head Ustekinumab, adalimumab both effective in SEAVUE trial, with no difference in remissions Jun 13, 2022
Intensified Regimen for Metastatic CRC Fails to Improve Outcomes Combination of modified FOLFOXIRI/panitumumab also caused greater toxicity, study showed Jun 08, 2022
First-Line Anti-EGFR Extends OS in Left-Sided Colorectal Cancer "A win for a highly selected group of patients," says ASCO expert Jun 07, 2022
Liquid Biopsy May Save Colon Cancer Patients From Chemo Circulating tumor DNA could determine who needs more therapy Jun 06, 2022
Risankizumab Eases Moderate to Severe Crohn's Disease Induction and maintenance trials showed higher clinical remission with subcutaneous and IV doses Jun 06, 2022
Complete Responses in 100% of dMMR Rectal Cancer With Neoadjuvant PD-1 Inhibition Chemo, RT, surgery avoided in short-term follow-up but study population was small Jun 05, 2022
Colonoscopy With a Computer-Aided Device Boosted Adenoma Detection Use of the device led to a 27% increase in adenomas per colonoscopy versus standard procedure Jun 03, 2022
Survival Bump With EGFR Inhibitor for KRAS Wild-Type Pancreatic Cancer But generalizability of "notable" Chinese study questioned Jun 03, 2022
