San Diego, Calif. (May 9, 2019) — A new link has been found between a rare and serious condition that typically presents as itchy palms during pregnancy and the world’s most common chronic liver disease, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2019. Researchers found that intrahepatic cholestasis
San Diego, Calif. (May 9, 2019) — Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), a relatively new, minimally invasive weight-loss procedure, resulted in significant total body weight loss in the first long-term study to follow patients’ progress over five years, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2019. Researchers hope these
San Diego, Calif. (May 9, 2019) — Using capsules filled with fecal matter from a lean donor, researchers successfully changed some of the composition of the gut microbiota of patients with obesity, a possible step toward a new treatment for weight loss. In the first randomized controlled trial of fecal
San Diego, Calif. (May 9, 2019) — Patients who had their appendix removed were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those whose appendix remained in place, according to the largest study to address the relationship between the two conditions. The retrospective study involving more than 62 million patient records
Bethesda, MD (Feb. 11, 2019) — Discussion of the newest scientific and medical discoveries can be difficult for patients to understand but can be of great importance to the care and management of their digestive diseases. Patient bloggers, influencers and advocates have experience working with health care providers and scientists to
Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) will host its 50th annual scientific meeting in San Diego, CA, from May 18-21, 2019, bringing together physicians, researchers and academics from across the world. Recognized as a top 50 medical meeting, this is your opportunity to learn cutting-edge medical advances and report on the latest research
Digestive Disease Week® 2018 provides video highlights of several studies presented during the meeting. Listening to gut noises could improve diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome What if doctors could diagnose a chronic gut condition by simply listening to the sounds the stomach makes as food passes through the body? A
Demand for stool donors grows as benefits of fecal microbiota transplant are recognized. Washington, DC (June 5, 2018) — Appealing to a concern for others is the best way to recruit most people to donate their stool for medicine, while cash rewards may be an additional motivator for some potential donors,
Acoustic technology for listening to termites may offer less-invasive method to diagnose IBS Washington, DC (June 5, 2018) — Utilizing newly adapted artificial intelligence, researchers have developed an acoustic belt that offers a new way to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by listening to the noises in a patient’s gut, according
Medical centers willing to perform transplants without mandated six-month wait Washington, DC (May 22, 2018) — Increasingly, liver transplant centers are changing a long-standing practice of delaying potentially life-saving liver transplantation for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis until after they stopped drinking alcohol for six months, according to a new study
