Gastroenterology

Researchers report there is evidence of a correlation between immune recovery and the behavior of a certain subset of gut bacteria in patients with HIV treated with antiretroviral therapy.

Patients experiencing pain from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) might find relief from an unlikely source.

According to findings published in Stem Cells, Intestinal homeostasis could be one of the mechanisms responsible for atypical celiac disease and colorectal cancer.

Many major hospitals that admit varied patients with a wide breadth of ailments, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, have high rates of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection, according to the report.

The investigational drug that AbbVie is testing in clinical trials is a pan-genotypic regimen of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir, a co-formulation dosed once a day, according to the release.

Future treatment options for stomach ulcers, inflammatory bowel disease, and alcoholic liver disease can come from stem cell transplants, according to a series of new studies.

Although the prevalence of celiac disease has relatively been steady, statistics of gluten free diet- followers have increased, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The type of gut bacteria present in the microbiome could be the difference between developing and not developing celiac disease, according to findings published in Gastroenterology.

In a recent literature review, researchers from the University of Michigan pull the other side of the rope in the speculative tug-of-war over just what medical outcomes can and can't be attributed to gut microbiota.

Antibiotics and hospital admission are both risk factors. The team’s interest was in correlating two known factors across different patients: does antibiotic use in one patient increase the chance that their hospital bed’s next occupant will wind up with a C. difficile infection?

A genetic various appears to play a role in which patients are cured of hepatitis C infection, according to researchers who looked at patients treated with interferon plus ribavirin. The next question is whether that difference might play a role in response to direct-acting antivirals as well.

Fewer than a quarter of people living with diagnosed hepatitis C infection in Australia as ov December 2015 had ever received treatment. But the arrival of direct-acting antivirals on Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has changed that.

Direct-acting antivirals are curing hepatitis C infection, but that has not stopped the number of deaths from acute on chronic liver failure in patients who develop cirrhosis, a Mayo Clinic team reports.

Considered safe and effective in killing certain types of bacteria, ultraviolet-C light, when used to disinfect hospital rooms, could prevent Clostridium difficile infections and potentially save millions of dollars.

Can a plant extract found in berries help treat hepatitis C virus? Spanish researchers say the flavonoid quercetin is effective in inhibiting an enzyme and interrupting the virus' replication.

The study authors learned that fecal microbial transplant was used in the society of fourth century China, when “yellow soup” was thought to treat diarrhea. However, contemporary treatments see the fecal transfer through donor feces to break the imbalance and infection in patients with C. difficile multiple recurrent infections.

As one of the most popular movie franchises in history, Star Wars has reached a wide range of people across the globe. Some have seen ways to apply lessons from the movies to help in the diagnosis of mental health patients.

Recent research from the Duquesne University School of Nursing has shown that a relatively low-intensity intervention delivered in community settings led to significant improvements in diet, activity and general health among participants. This type of intervention approach can play a key role in promoting aging in place and preventing transition to a higher level of care.

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A new study examined the cost of increasingly prevalent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in both the United States and Europe and places the bill in the hundreds of billions.

Patients with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) may pass along the bacteria infection to either pets or children they share a house with, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

The issue of physician assisted suicide can cause people to fervently pick one side or another. For some, their belief is so strong that they are moved to do things they may not have done in their career beforehand.

For many psychiatrists one of their biggest challenges in their daily practice is working to show patients that suicide is not the solution to their problems. Changes in the criteria for physician assisted suicide in Europe which include allowing mental illness as a criteria can fly in the face of that mission.

The issue of physician assisted suicide is one that has been debated both in the medical community and in the general population. Recent law changes by some European countries have brought the issue to the forefront perhaps more than ever before.

The FDA has granted approval for ustekinumab (Stelara/Janssen Biotech) to treat adults with moderately-to severely active Crohn’s disease (CD).

“It definitely gave me an incentive,” says Kim D. Janda of his experience with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and its influence on his current work to find better treatments for the common and sometimes fatal intestinal infection.

Crohn’s disease can impact brain function in the capacities of slower response times than individuals without Crohn’s, according to findings published in UEG Journal.

The World Health Organization (WHO) set a target to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030, and one of the ways that can become a reality is by identifying commonly infected populations. Prisons are one place where the virus thrives.

Fecal Microbiota Transplant is being used to treat C. difficile infections, but it can cause complications and even death, a study found.

White patients are more likely to get clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in the hospital, but black people are more likely to die from CDI, according to the results of a recent retrospective analysis.