VENTURA, Calif., Feb. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On Jan. 14, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reconsidered the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19. Ventura Clinical Trials, owned and operated by Dr. Sabine Hazan, is one of the institutions researching Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine—with remarkable success.
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The AGA Institute Clinical Practice Updates Committee and the Governing Board published evidence-based intervention advice for lifestyle modifications for treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Gastroenterology. “Lifestyle modifications, which include diet and physical activity to achieve weight loss, are the cornerstone of treatment for NAFLD,” Zobair M. Younossi, MD, from Center for Liver Diseases and department of medicine at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, and colleagues wrote. “Additionally, restriction or elimination of alcohol consumption and optimal management of cardiometabolic comorbidities are also highly important.”
Physicians Endoscopy rebranded to PE GI Solutions to recognize its move into practice management and development. PE GI Solutions and Capital Digestive Care entered a strategic joint partnership in August 2019. The move created a practice solutions platform and enhanced the company’s services for gastroenterologists and their ASCs. All existing partnerships will remain intact with the expanded brand identity, according to a March 1 announcement.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed most aspects of our lives and has impacted how people receive care for their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For those who live with ulcerative colitis, postponing care is not an option because the condition needs regular management. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s business as usual. There might be some changes when caring for ulcerative colitis during the pandemic.
It’s an age-old question in medicine: What killed my patient? The answer isn’t always easy. For example, HIV doesn’t kill; an infected patient typically dies of a complication or infection stemming from their impaired immune system. Often, deciding what was to blame becomes a judgment call by the physician completing the patient’s death certificate. Consider the case of a patient who develops drug-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during treatment for another serious medical condition. The death certificate likely would list as the cause of death the underlying health issues that brought the patient to the hospital, not the deadly…
In 2020, health and health care disparities across our country could not be ignored. And while much was exposed, little was resolved. We must work together to make 2021 a year of action – action toward health equity. We can start with colon cancer. It took two prolific actors, Chadwick Boseman, age 43, and Natalie Desselle-Reid, age 53, and more than 50,000 other Americans from us in 2020.
Vedolizumab (Entyvio) treatment was linked with a lower risk of some infections compared with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), researchers reported. An observational study of health insurance claims found a 46% lower risk of serious infections requiring hospitalization in UC patients given the integrin 4β7-targeting antibody, according to Siddharth Singh, MD, of the University of California San Diego, and colleagues.
Major depressive disorder is common among people with Wilson disease, a phenomenon that has a marked impact on their quality of life, new research shows. Given these results, the investigators suggested that screening for depression be considered more routinely in patients with Wilson disease. “Because many patients with Wilson disease are primarily managed by hepatologists, we feel it’s imperative to raise awareness of these mental health issues as an important aspect of their care,” Michael Schilsky, MD, the director of the Center of Excellence for Wilson Disease at Yale Medicine, in New Haven, Conn., said. The research emerged from a…
Pizensy (lactitol) Lactitol exerts an osmotic effect, causing an influx of water into the small intestine that results in a laxative effect in the colon. It is indicated for adults with chronic idiopathic constipation. Approval was based on data from approximately 800 patients that included a 6-month placebo-controlled trial and a 3-month active-controlled trial with lubiprostone. (Pizensy prescribing information)
For 2022, back by popular acclaim, the “Ride or Stride for 45” Virtual Challenge will bring together the ACG family and GI community to show their commitment to colorectal cancer screening and prevention and highlight age 45 to begin colorectal cancer screening for all average risk adults, as recommended in the updated 2021 ACG Clinical Guidelines on Colorectal Cancer Screening (Shaukat, et al.) About “Ride or Stride for 45” in 2022 In this virtual event, Co-Chairs Dr. Samir Shah, Dr. David Greenwald, and Dr. Seth Gross invite ACG members, your patients, families and friends to bike, run or walk 45 miles in…