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SAN DIEGO – Vedolizumab, a novel drug that selectively blocks lymphocyte trafficking to the gut, was safe and highly effective for inducing and maintaining clinical remission in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis in a pivotal phase III trial. "If the findings hold up with... »
Diverticulosis Progression to Diverticulitis Found Surprisingly Rare
SAN DIEGO – A new study has found that people with diverticulosis actually have a low risk of progression to diverticulitis – far lower than the rates of 10%-25% commonly cited in the medical literature. The actual rate seems to be at most six cases of progression from diverticulosis to... »
MRSA Nasal Colonization Predicts MRSA Site Infection in GI Surgery
SAN DIEGO – Nasal colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was linked to an increase in surgical site infections and longer hospital stays in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery in a large retrospective study, a finding that surprised investigators who had... »
SAN DIEGO – Vedolizumab, a novel drug that selectively blocks lymphocyte trafficking to the gut, was safe and highly effective for inducing and maintaining clinical remission in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative... »
NAFLD in Adolescence Predictable in Young Children
SAN FRANCISCO – Factors that can be measured in the first few years of life can predict whether a child will develop nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by adolescence, suggests a study presented at the annual meeting... »
Rule Helped Detect Asymptomatic C. difficile Carriers
CHICAGO – A simple clinical prediction rule effectively detected a majority of asymptomatic carriers of Clostridium difficile infection in a long-term care facility, results from a small single-center study found. According... »
SAN DIEGO – Vedolizumab, a novel drug that selectively blocks lymphocyte trafficking to the gut, was safe and highly effective for inducing and maintaining clinical remission in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative... »
Diverticulosis Progression to Diverticulitis Found Surprisingly Rare
SAN DIEGO – A new study has found that people with diverticulosis actually have a low risk of progression to diverticulitis – far lower than the rates of 10%-25% commonly cited in the medical literature. The actual rate... »
MRSA Nasal Colonization Predicts MRSA Site Infection in GI Surgery
SAN DIEGO – Nasal colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was linked to an increase in surgical site infections and longer hospital stays in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery in a large... »
Using microchips embedded in medication bottle caps, researchers found that children and adolescents taking medication for inflammatory bowel disease only opened their medication bottles half as often as their physicians had... »
Video Report: Digestive Disease Week 2011 Monday Wrap-Up
Here is a roundup of the latest news presented Monday, May 9, at Digestive Disease Week 2011. Heidi Splete reports. »
Video Report: Digestive Disease Week 2011
Here is a roundup of the latest news presented Sunday, May 8, at Digestive Disease Week 2011. Heidi Splete reports. [Check out our complete coverage of DDW.] »
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| May 18 - 23 San Francisco, CA | American Thoracic Society (ATS): International Conference |
| May 19 - 24 Atlanta, GA | American Urological Association (AUA): Annual Meeting |
| May 19 - 23 Stockholm, | European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS): Annual Congress |
| May 20 - 23 Brisbane, | Australasian College of Dermatologists: Annual Scientific Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 San Antonio, TX | American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): Annual Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 Washington, DC | American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Leadership & Advocacy Conference |
| May 21 - 23 Nice, | 12th International Review of Bipolar Disorders (IRBD 12) |
| May 21 - 25 Sarasota, FL | American Medical Seminars: Cardiology Update in Primary Care |
| May 22 - 25 Lisbon, | 21st European Stroke Conference |
| May 23 - 27 Philadelphia, PA | American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE): Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress |