IMMray PanCan-d serum biomarker microarray — biomarker panel developed by the company Immunovia — can detect early-stage pancreatic cancer...
Gastroenterology
Simplifying Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Drainage: The Way Forward?
EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy(EUS-CD) using a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) has been recently reported as an alternative treatment approach fo...
A case of odynophagia due to candida esophagitis
Takeshi Kondo and Kazuhiko Terada from Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan report the case of a case of odynophagia due to candida infection of th...
Tenapanor effective for Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation
Food and Drug Administration received the New Drug Application (NDA) for tenapanor, an investigational treatment for irritable bowel syndrome with con...
Use of menopausal hormone therapy linked to microscopic colitis
Women using menopausal hormone therapy or oral contraceptives appear to have a higher risk of developing microscopic colitis (MC), according to a new ...
Constipation and Upper GI bleed precipitate Hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis
Dr Rajesh Kumar Meena at Department of Internal Medicine Lady Harding Medical College New Delhi and colleagues have found that constipation and upper...
Doctors remove 28 kg ‘Giant’ Fibroid from woman’s Uterus
Dr Poh Ting Lim at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Singapore and colleagues have reported a so-called giant uterine fibroid weighing...
Norfloxacin beneficial only in select cases of advanced cirrhosis
Norfloxacin therapy in patients with advanced cirrhosis without recent fluoroquinolone therapy did not reduce 6-month mortality. The therapy, however,...
Are Probiotics actually as good as claimed?
Probiotics often called “good” or “helpful” bacteria and hailed as the cure for many digestive ailments due to their ability t...
Terlipressin more effective than noradrenaline in patients with hepatorenal syndrome
Infusion of terlipressin in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients with hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI) resulted in improve...
