Articles related to Gastroenterology

After 23 years, men offered once-only sigmoidoscopy had 1.7 fewer colorectal cancers and 0.8 fewer CRC deaths per 100. In women, the mortality benefit didn’t reach significance.

Bariatric surgery volumes peaked in 2022 and have fallen since, with sleeve gastrectomy losing ground and Roux-en-Y conversions climbing as GLP-1 prescriptions expand.

A pediatric gastroenterology expert outlines when extrapolation of adult IBD therapies to children is reasonable, where it falls short, and how shared decision-making should be structured.

A Cureus case report describes complete fecaloma resolution after two 1 L Classic Coca-Cola enemas in an 82-year-old woman with dementia whose impaction failed conservative management.

Rodent and non-human primate studies showed glucagon and GIP agonism alone produced weight loss comparable to GLP-1-containing triple agonists in a Bluewater Biosciences-funded program.

Three recent studies examined associations between vitamin D status and outcomes across type 2 diabetes risk, Alzheimer’s biomarkers, and inflammatory bowel disease in exploratory cohorts.