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18/11

Feature Articles

Gastroenterology Journals
Ulcerative Colitis Maintenance Treatment With 5-ASA: A 1-Year, Randomized Multicentre Study Comparing MMX With Asacol
Investigators evaluated the efficacy and safety of 5-ASA-MMX (2.4 g/day, once daily) compared with Asacol (2.4 g/day, twice daily) in the maintenance of left-sided ulcerative colitis.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2009

Articles of Interest from Other Medscape Sites
Best Evidence Review: Sigmoidoscopy May Be Effective but Raises Serious Questions
Flexible sigmoidoscopy vs colonoscopy: Which do clinicians recommend and are these decisions evidence-based and cost-effective?
Medscape Family Medicine 2009

Gastroenterology News
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Responds Well to Swallowed Fluticasone
Reuters Health Information 2009

Focus on Pediatrics
Infant Rotavirus Vaccine Reduces Diarrhea-Related Hospitalizations, ED Visits, and Outpatient Visits
Medscape Medical News 2009

Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Feasible in Young Children
Reuters Health Information 2009

Changes in Growth Seen in Children on Peginterferon for Chronic HCV Infection
Medscape Medical News 2009

11/11

Feature Articles

Featured This Week
The Liver Meeting 2009: AASLD Annual Meeting
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 60th annual meeting.

Gastroenterology Features
Prospective Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Cetuximab in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Prospectively collected resource utilization and health utility data for patients with CRC in the CO.17 study who received best supportive care +/- cetuximab were assessed for cost effectiveness.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2009

News

Non-Response to HBV Vaccine a Sign of Possible Celiac Disease
Reuters Health Information 2009

Many Common Loci Associated With Early- and Adult-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Medscape Medical News 2009

 

Once-Daily Mesalamine as Effective as Twice-Daily Treatment for Maintenance of Remission in UC
Medscape Medical News 2009

 

 

NSAIDs Linked to Lower Mortality After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
Reuters Health Information 2009

Aspirin Confers Long-term Protective Effect in Lynch Syndrome Patients
Medscape Medical News 2009

High-Definition Chromocolonoscopy Detects Flat Lesions Better Than HD White-Light Colonoscopy
Medscape Medical News 2009

Artificial Pancreas Helpful After Pancreatic Resection
Reuters Health Information 2009

Virulent Strain of C difficile on the Rise in Hospital and Community Settings
Medscape Medical News 2009

LAC and LOAD: 4-Drug Regimen Better at Eliminating H Pylori Than Standard 3-Drug Treatment
Medscape Medical News 2009

Children's Hospitals Often Do Not Follow Gastroenteritis Guidelines
Reuters Health Information 2009

4/11

Feature Articles

 

Featured This Week
Highlights of ACG 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2009 annual scientific meeting.

 

Focus on Pediatrics
Hepatitis A Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 24-35 Months -- United States, 2006 and 2007
An increase in hepatitis A vaccination coverage is likely due to expanded 2006 recommendations, which bodes well for further declines in hepatitis A incidence in the US.
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 2009

 

Surgical Care
Laparoscopic Versus Open Left Lateral Segmentectomy
A comparison of laparoscopic versus open left lateral segmentectomy of the liver found similar morbidity rates for both procedures and a reduced postoperative opiate need in laparoscopic patients.
BMC Surgery 2009

 

Articles of Interest from Other Medscape Sites

Physicians Are Talking About: How to Deliver Bad News
How can doctors improve on the way that they deliver bad news?
Medscape Family Medicine 2009

Physicians Are Talking About: Is It Worth Getting the H1N1 Vaccine?
Are you getting vaccinated against the swine flu? Medscape Physician Connect members debate their reasons for and reservations against receiving the vaccine.
Medscape Family Medicine 2009

 

News

Featured News Story
Mayo Clinic Researchers Report Apparent Father-Daughter Genetic Link for Colorectal Cancer
Medscape Medical News 2009

Conference Coverage
Capsule Endoscopy in ER Hastens Treatment of Upper GI Bleeding
Reuters Health Information 2009

 

Patients With IBD at Risk of Developing Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Medscape Medical News 2009

 

Gastroenterology News

Thiopurine Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Risk for Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Medscape Medical News 2009

 

Pediatric Hepatitis B Vaccination Has Lasting Effects
Reuters Health Information 2009

 

Vaccination Program Cuts HBV Infection in Children of Foreign-Born Asian Parents
Reuters Health Information 2009


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