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Gut Toxin to Blame for Early-Onset CRCs? CDC's Hepatitis Lab Axed; IBS Interventions
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115261.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The rise of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) may be associated with mutational signatures left from childhood exposure to colibactin-producing bacteria. (Nature) Results of a survey suggested that stigma and discrimination...


Groups Decry Loss of Funding for 'Critically Important' GI Disease Network
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115251.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Physicians and patient advocates are sounding the alarm after the NIH abruptly withdrew a grant renewal application for the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR), the only clinical care network...


No Extra Cancer Recurrence Risk Seen for RA Patients on Biologic Therapy
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115250.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in Denmark with a history of solid tumor cancers, now in remission, faced no greater likelihood of cancer relapse when they were treated with biologic agents, compared with conventional disease...


Advanced Cancers Returned to Prepandemic Levels, According to a Reassuring Report
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115220.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings -- colonoscopies, mammograms, and lung scans -- for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals. But that delay in screening isn't making...


SCOTUS Gives Mixed Signals on ACA's Preventive Care Coverage Mandate
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115218.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The word "independence" was heavily featured in Monday's oral argument before the Supreme Court on a case questioning the legitimacy of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that insurers cover certain preventive services...


I'm in Medical School to Practice Healthcare Not 'Sick Care'
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115205.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- America does not have a healthcare system. I pulled back the curtain and saw a woman in her early 60s lying in the hospital bed. She looked emaciated -- sunken eyes, a thin, narrow face, and quick, shallow breaths. Her husband...


Oral and Injectable Naltrexone Similarly Effective for Alcohol Use Disorder
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115204.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Daily oral and monthly extended-release injectable naltrexone were similarly effective at reducing heavy drinking days in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD), a hospital-based randomized trial showed. Among 248 adults prescribed...


SCOTUS to Mull Whether Insurers Must Offer Certain Preventive Services for Free
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115201.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect what kind of preventive care is covered at no charge under Americans' health insurance plans. The case, known as Kennedy v. Braidwood, involves Christian...


Appendectomy Reduced Relapse Rates in Ulcerative Colitis
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115192.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Appendectomy alongside standard medical therapy reduced relapse rates in patients with ulcerative colitis who were in remission compared with standard medical therapy alone, a randomized superiority trial showed. Among nearly...


'SNL' Star's GI Condition; Binge Drinking in Young Women; Drug-Induced Liver Injury
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115167.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Long-time "Saturday Night Live" cast member Kenan Thompson recently talked about his diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease. (MLive) A colonoscopy last July revealed that President Trump had diverticulosis...


Surgery for Acute Cholecystitis in Older Adults Tied to Reduced Readmissions
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115149.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Operative treatment of acute cholecystitis in older adults with multiple comorbidities was associated with lower rates of readmissions and emergency department (ED) revisits compared with nonoperative treatment, according to...


Read the Results of Trump's 2025 Physical Exam
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115125.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- On April 11, 2025, President Donald J. Trump underwent his annual physical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. I performed and supervised the comprehensive exam, which included diagnostic and laboratory...


CT Scans in a Single Year Could Result in 100,000 Future Cancers in the U.S.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115112.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- At current utilization and radiation dose levels, CT exams in 2023 were projected to lead to over 100,000 future cancers over the lifetime of exposed patients, according to an updated risk model. Among an estimated 62 million...


Achalasia and Mortality; Liver Disease Prevalence; H. Pylori Eradication in Seniors
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115059.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Over roughly 9 years of follow-up, people with the swallowing disorder achalasia had a 42% higher risk of mortality compared with the general population, a nationwide cohort study from Sweden indicated. (Clinical Gastroenterology...


Upfront Surgery for Diverticulitis Reduced Recurrence Without Affecting QOL
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115039.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In patients with recurring, persistent painful, or complicated diverticulitis, early surgery prevented recurrences but did not significantly improve quality of life (QOL) compared with conservative treatment, according to results...


Disparities Persist in Guideline-Concordant Care for Pancreatic Cancer
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115030.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- While the vast majority of patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) receive at least one aspect of guideline-concordant care -- with that proportion steadily increasing -- disparities still persist...


Make the Diagnosis: Too Much Food, Too Much Alcohol Led to What...?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115027.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) --


Comorbidities in Midlife Tied to Cancer Risk
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115004.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Comorbidities in midlife were associated with a modestly higher risk of cancer overall and more strongly associated with a risk for multiple individual cancer types, according to a secondary analysis of the prospective Prostate...


Medicare Spends Billions on Oncology Drugs Offering Little Added Benefit
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114981.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In an analysis of Medicare's top-selling brand-name oncology drugs, researchers found that while the vast majority provided high added therapeutic benefit, 10 were classified as providing low or no added benefit. In 2022, Medicare...


Liver Cleansing 'Imposters'; Oral Drug Succeeds in UC; New Autoimmune Hepatitis Recs
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114957.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- With annual revenue approaching $40 million, an analysis in the American Journal of Gastroenterology revealed the thriving online marketplace for "imposters" that claim to cleanse or detox the liver. Sleeve gastrectomy and Roux...


Lung Cancer Screening Rates Nearly 4 Times Lower Than Breast, Colon Cancers
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114945.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Americans eligible for lung cancer screening are about four times less likely to undergo screening for the disease than for breast cancer or colorectal cancer (CRC), an analysis of CDC survey data found. Population-weighted...