2012

February

• FDA says ulcer drugs may raise diarrhea risk

• Rotavirus vaccine not linked to bowel problems

• Rotavirus Vaccine Not Associated with Increased Risk of Intestinal Disorder in US Infants

• Ulcer-causing bug tied to higher diabetes risk

January

• Five Reasons Not to Put Off a Colonoscopy

• New therapeutic target to combat liver cancer discovered

• GERD in Infants and Children

• An easier way to remove gallstones

• Radical Liver Surgery, West Coast First

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease Emerges as a Global Disease

• Feeling Stressed? Why You May Feel It in Your Gut

2011

December

• Rare genetic disorder provides clues to development of the pancreas

• Genes modify the risk of liver disease among alcoholics

• Fatty livers are in overdrive

November

• Use of opioid painkillers for abdominal pain has more than doubled

• Dendritic cells protect against acute pancreatitis

• Psychological factors affect IBS patients’ interpretation of symptom severity

• Severe alcoholic hepatitis: An effective combination of 2 treatments

• The Economic Cost of Advanced Liver Disease

• Live liver donors have troubles years later: study

October

• Psychological traumas experienced over lifetime linked to adult irritable bowel syndrome

• Probiotics effective in combating antibiotic-associated diarrhea

• Study finds physicians show bias when diagnosing stomach problems

• Acid-Suppressing Drugs Being Over Prescribed in Infants

• An effective treatment for anal incontinence

September

• Antibiotic use tied to Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis

• Viral Theory Is Set Back in Chronic Fatigue Study

• Even low-dose aspirin may increase risk of GI bleeding

August

• New Way to Remove Large Polyps, CA First

• Radiofrequency ablation safely and effectively treats Barrett’s esophagus

July

• New Therapy Provides Hope for Millions of People Suffering from Bowel Incontinence

• Genetic variant linked to development of liver cancer in hepatitis C virus carriers

June

• Gene variant increases fatty liver risk and fibrosis progression

• Overweight more harmful to the liver than alcohol in middle-aged men

May

• Probiotic yogurt no help for kids’ constipation

• Use of naltrexone reduces inflammation in Crohn’s patients

• That anxiety may be in your gut, not in your head

• New screening techniques, treatments shed light on gastrointestinal disorders in children

• Henry Ford Hospital study: Open-access colonoscopy is safe

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is Not Related to XMRV Retrovirus

• Is morning colonoscopy better?

April

• Vitamin E Or Metformin May Not be Effective for Treating Liver Disease in Children and Teens

• Self-powered, Blood-activated Sensor Detects Pancreatitis Quickly and Cheaply

• Limiting Carbs, Not Calories, Reduces Liver Fat Faster

• Fatty Liver Disease Can Lead to Heart Attack

• Sugar helping map new ground against deadly bug

• Findings may help keep pancreatic disease off the menu

March

• Protein could be used to treat alcohol effects on pancreas

• Vitamin D deficiency in cirrhosis

• Detection of early gastric cancer using hydro-stomach CT

• Alcohol Abuse History Impacts Liver Transplant Patients

• Urinary metabolomic profile and gastric cancer

• Watchful waiting no longer recommended for some high-risk Barrett’s esophagus patients

February

• Probiotic identified to treat ulcers

• Pushing limits can help chronic fatigue patients

• New study identifies potential vaccine to prevent gastritis, ulcer disease, gastric cancer

January

• New probiotic combats inflammatory bowel disease

• New classification of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

• MRI: An accurate method to evaluate iron overload

• Handling Food Improperly Culprit of Many Gastrointestinal Outbreaks in Schools

• Study finds celiac patients can eat hydrolyzed wheat flour

• Researchers find vitamin D absorption is diminished in patients with Crohn’s disease

• Cell Transplantation reports a success in treating end-stage liver disease

• What to Do for the “Stomach Flu”

2010

December

• Study finds contamination in virus link to fatigue

• Alcoholics beware—genetic variation linked to liver cirrhosis in Caucasians

• New tool in the early detection of bowel disease

• Researchers Discover How Worms May Soothe Ulcerative Colitis

November

• Long-time statin users have lower gallstone risk

• Postoperative vomiting

October

• Infants’ antibiotic use tied to bowel disease risk

• Researchers develop oral delivery system to treat inflammatory bowel diseases

September

• Unique gastroenterology procedure developed in adults shows promise in pediatrics

• Effects Of Chemoradiation Therapy By Using Capecitabine On Gastric Cancer Patients

• Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists

• Risk of surgery for Crohn’s disease lower than reported in recent studies

August

• Hispanics and Asians less likely to receive liver transplants

• Study identifies factors which predict alcohol use after liver transplantation

• Scientists target possible cause of 1 form of bowel disease

July

• How to detect malnutrition in patients effectively?

• Study finds structural brain alterations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

• Popular food additive can cause stomach ache

June

• Can writing help calm your irritable bowels?

• A future strategy for the treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis

• C-reactive protein measurement in children inflammatory bowel disease patients

• Acid reflux may disrupt sleep, even without symptoms

• High fructose, trans fats lead to significant liver disease, says study

May

• Slow-release NSAIDs pose greater risk of GI bleeding

• Review of Pain Management Practices for Cirrhosis Patients

• Behavioral therapy can quickly calm irritable bowels

• Taking olive oil may prevent bowel disease: study

• Imperforate Anus

• Gastroenteritis (Running Stomach/Diarrhea)

April

• Study finds sharp rise in colitis among children

• Nonmedical treatment may rapidly relieve severe IBS symptoms

• Early predictors of severe acute pancreatitis

• Two Major Insurers Now Cover Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

• Chocolate may be good medicine for liver patients

• Stress may be a trigger of bowel disease symptoms

March

• Biofeedback More Effective than EGS and Massage for Chronic Rectal Pain