Digestive Disease Week

Articles

New study data suggest that routine placement of such a tube is not helpful in patients with upper GI bleeding.

No Benefit for Nasogastric Tube in Uppper GI Bleeding

Does sleep improve in asymptomatic patients with GERD when their reflux is treated aggressively? Researchers at Digestive Disease Week 2014 offered an answer.

Treat the GERD and Sleep Will Follow

An oral capsule that vibrates as it moves through the digestive tract may become a unique nonpharmacological treatment for chronic constipation.

A Medical Device to Relieve Constipation

Studies confirm that this proton pump inhibitor in patients taking low-dose aspirin or NSAIDs is highly effective in preventing upper GI ulcers or bleeding.

Rabeprazole with Aspirin or NSAIDs Prevents Upper GI Problems

Two studies presented at Digestive Disease Week 2014 found that probiotics, when added to standard triple therapy, enhance cure rate and may reduce treatment side effects and disease symptoms.

Probiotics Enhance Eradication of H Pylori When Added to Standard Therapy 

A multicenter, 1090-patient, retrospective, 20-year study of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease produced surprising results.

Higher Mortality in Lean, Not Obese, Patients With Fatty Liver Disease

Surgical techniques to remove precancerous polyps during colonoscopies can substantially reduce recovery time and the length of hospital stays, a new study shows.

Colonoscopic Polypectomy Cuts Hospital Time

A retrospective study presented at Digestive Disease Week 2014 suggests that bariatric surgery could be viable first-line therapy for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. 

Liver Damage Attenuated by Bariatric Surgery: New Treatment of Choice?

A new study points to the need to revise the current standard of care for patients with bleeding ulcers. Intermittent proton pump therapy is an equally safe, less costly, more comfortable alternative for patients than standard care.

Less Costly, Patient-Friendly Therapy for Bleeding Ulcers Just as Effective as Standard of Care

Poll

This 42-year-old woman lost 100 lb during the year after gastric bypass surgery. Now, she is diagnosed as having an ulcer. What might be the cause of the lesion?