New Guidelines Introduced for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnancy
Guidance explains best practices for managing patients across continuum of care and pregnancy
Public Health Interventions Could Cut Global Burden of Hepatitis C
Package of prevention, screening, treatments could avert 15.1 million new infections versus 2015
Gender Gap Seen in Accessing Alcohol Treatment With Cirrhosis
Women less likely to be treated than men; treatment visit, medication tied to improved one-year outcomes
Report IDs Areas Lacking Good Practice in Health Tech Assessment
Three areas include defining organizational aspects, use of deliberative process, examining impact
Assay Aids Anticoagulant Dosing of Obese Patients for Bariatric Sx
Thrombin generation assay may allow more accurate determination of anticoagulation adequacy
Direct-Acting Antivirals Not Tied to Liver Cancer Recurrence
Among patients with previous complete response to HCC tx, DAA not linked to overall or early recurrence
CDC: Proportion of Increased-Risk Deceased Organ Donors on Rise
Increased-risk donors significantly more likely to have positive HBV, HCV screening results
Liver Transplants for Alcohol-Linked Disease Increased From 2002 to 2016
Much of the increase due to decrease in hepatitis C virus infection as indication for transplant
CDC: Slight Hike in Prevalence of Gastroschisis Since 2006-2010
Prevalence higher in areas with high and medium versus low opioid prescription rates
Hemochromatosis Mutation Linked to Other Morbidity
Higher rates of at least one incident-linked condition seen in men, women with HFE p.C282Y homozygosity
