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Mar 5th, 2021 - The tolerability and efficacy of targeted therapy in older adults with cancer has not been adequately studied. Neratinib is a novel HER1, HER2, HER4 tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has recently been granted FDA approval for treatment of breast canc...

Mar 5th, 2021 - Sclerosing encapsulated peritonitis (SEP) is a rare chronic peritoneal inflammation with unknown etiology, and is also known as abdominal cocoon. This occurs when the intestinal annulus is enveloped in the peritoneal cavity, resulting in intestina...

Mar 5th, 2021 - Gastrointestinal (GI) cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection coexisting with or followed by a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is infrequently reported. Not recognizing this condition may delay IBD diagnosis in patients with GI-CMV disease w...

Mar 5th, 2021 - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common and difficult to treat and its pathogenesis is closely related to gut microbiota. However, differences in gut microbiota of patients in different regions make it more difficult to elucidate the mechanism of...

Mar 4th, 2021 - Alteration in the gut microbiota has been proposed in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) pathogenesis, especially in the diarrheal type (IBS-D). We conducted this study to evaluate the fecal microbiota in Thai IBS-D patients when compared with healthy...

Oct 1st, 2019 - Acute noninfectious diarrhea is a common phenomenon in intensive care unit patients. Multiple treatments are suggested but the most effective management is unknown. A working group of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, aimed to eva...

Aug 12th, 2019 - If you shudder at the thought of having a colonoscopy to check for hidden colon cancer, chances are it's the "prep" that's stoking your apprehension. It's certainly a major inconvenience: getting ready for the procedure takes much longer — an aver...

Jul 28th, 2019 - The evaluation of patients with chronic watery diarrhea represents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians because organic causes, including inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, and chronic infection, must be differentiated from function...

Jul 15th, 2019 - AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults (IBS-D).|2019|Smalley W,Falck-Ytter C,Carrasco-Labra A,Wani S,Lytvyn L,|standards,diagnosis,etiology,p...

Jul 10th, 2019 - This document presents the official recommendations of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D) in Adults. The guideline was de...

Mar 5th, 2021 - The tolerability and efficacy of targeted therapy in older adults with cancer has not been adequately studied. Neratinib is a novel HER1, HER2, HER4 tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has recently been granted FDA approval for treatment of breast canc...

Mar 5th, 2021 - Sclerosing encapsulated peritonitis (SEP) is a rare chronic peritoneal inflammation with unknown etiology, and is also known as abdominal cocoon. This occurs when the intestinal annulus is enveloped in the peritoneal cavity, resulting in intestina...

Mar 5th, 2021 - Gastrointestinal (GI) cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection coexisting with or followed by a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is infrequently reported. Not recognizing this condition may delay IBD diagnosis in patients with GI-CMV disease w...

Mar 5th, 2021 - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common and difficult to treat and its pathogenesis is closely related to gut microbiota. However, differences in gut microbiota of patients in different regions make it more difficult to elucidate the mechanism of...

Mar 4th, 2021 - Alteration in the gut microbiota has been proposed in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) pathogenesis, especially in the diarrheal type (IBS-D). We conducted this study to evaluate the fecal microbiota in Thai IBS-D patients when compared with healthy...

Jan 4th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with severe COVID-19 were significantly more likely than those with milder cases to have GI symptoms of anorexia and diarrhea, as well as...

Jan 3rd, 2021 - Christina Fuhrman contracted a C. diff infection in 2012, and her daughter Pearl contracted one in 2015. C. diff, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and colitis, is a superbug fueled by the overuse of antibiotics.   COLUMBIA, Mo. — A memory haunts C...

Dec 13th, 2020 - The drug review panel for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has endorsed the approval of several cancer therapies. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting conditional marketing authorization for trastuz...

Dec 9th, 2020 - When chatting at cocktail parties about his job, Mark Ratain, an oncologist and pharmacologist at the University of Chicago, often asks a short riddle: "Your doctor gives you a prescription for a new drug. The pharmacist says, 'Make sure you take ...

Nov 18th, 2020 - Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A Possible Complication of COVID-19?  A 75-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes and hypertension presents to the emergency department with worsening ...