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Higher Dose Mesalamine Induction May Be Better for Refractory Ulcerative Colitis
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In patients with moderately active ulcerative colitis, induction therapy with a 4.8 g/day mesalamine regimen is noninferior to induction with a 2.4 g/day regimen, and in fact, the higher dose may be more effective in difficult-to-treat patients, according to results of the randomized ASCEND III trial. Reuters Health Information
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Steroids Add to Mortality Risk in C. Difficile Infection
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Recent glucocorticoid treatment is tied to a higher risk of death in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD), researchers report in an April 13th online paper in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information
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Norovirus May Seriously Threaten the Elderly
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Norovirus outbreaks are associated with increases in unspecified gastroenteritis morbidity and even deaths in the elderly, Dutch researchers report in a February 24th online paper in Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
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