Gastrointestinal (GI) and hepatic manifestations among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were found not to be associated with increased pneumonia severity or overall mortality, according to study results in IJID Regions. Researchers sought to determine whether hepatic and GI manifestations, specifically symptoms and biochemical findings, at time of hospital admission were associated with disease severity and outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Author: Praveen Suthrum
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Obese patients who undergo robotic transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal adenocarcinoma have longer operating times, but their weight appears to have no impact on other surgical variables and they have longer survival than underweight patients, according to the results of a new study.
Check-Cap, a clinical stage medical diagnostics company advancing the development of C-Scan, the first and only patient-friendly, preparation-free screening test to detect polyps before they may transform into colorectal cancer (CRC), today announced the initiation of its U.S. pivotal trial of C-Scan at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota.
Dr. Michael Weinstein talks with Ellen Brooks of the Men’s Health Inequities (MHI) Research Lab at the University of Utah School of Medicine, who is a co-author of a new study on the prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) among long-haul truck drivers.
Anti–granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) autoantibodies predict complicated Crohn’s disease (CD) years before signs or symptoms of the disease appear, according to new data.
We’re pleased to share that Michael Camilleri, MD, AGAF, will be taking over the AGA Research Foundation chair role beginning this month. He has recruited five members to be part of the 2022-2024 AGA Research Foundation Executive Board.
Fact checked on June 8, 2022 by Vivianna Shields, a journalist and fact-checker with experience in health and wellness publishing. In the past few weeks, a new trend has emerged on TikTok known as an “internal shower.” The premise is simple enough: add two tablespoons of chia seeds to a glass of water with a squeeze of lemon, let the drink sit, and then down it as fast as you can in an effort to get things moving.
When Apple announced AFib History as part of watchOS 9, it sounded like a kind of useful feature to have, but not really relevant to most people. But stated quietly within the announcement was something that I think will be absolutely huge, as the Watch gains the ability to detect more health conditions. The Watch is going to play a massive role in helping you and your medical professionals to identify the role that lifestyle factors may have on your health …
Oracle’s chairman Larry Ellison outlined a bold vision Thursday for the database giant to use the combined tech power of Oracle and Cerner to make access to medical records more seamless. Days after closing its $28.3 billion acquisition of electronic health record company Cerner, Ellison said Oracle plans to build a national health record database that would pull data from thousands of hospital-centric EHRs.
Featured topic and speakers In the debut episode of AMA Thriving in Private Practice, AMA Vice President of Healthcare Quality, Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH, dives into the findings of the AMA-Mathematica qualitative research which informed the AMA’s private practice toolkit and how physicians can implement these vital resources to improve internal business operations, clinical workflow and team culture. Speaker Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH, vice president of health care quality, American Medical Association Host Carol Vargo, director of physician practice sustainability, American Medical Association