We found that patients who had SBO episodes which were treated medically were more likely to have a higher number of total bowel movements in a day compared to patients without postoperative SBO. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Scott Plevy, MD, discusses current and emerging issues in biologic strategies for inflammatory bowel disease, as based on key data presented during ACG 2007. Medscape Gastroenterology
Reducing operator dependency of detecting polyps and developing the "resect and discard" policy for small polyps are 2 major clinical goals of improvements in technique and technology in colonoscopy. Medscape Medical News
Restoring the autophagy mechanism that removes altered proteins from cells may help older organs function as if they were new, the results of an animal study suggest. Reuters Health Information
This study assessed the impact of ribavirin exposure on virologic relapse in combination therapy with pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) and ribavirin for patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1. Journal of Viral Hepatitis
