Anticoagulants Not Tied to Higher Risk for GI Bleed in COVID-19
3 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experience gastrointestinal bleeding
Inequities Seen in Accessing Telemedicine During COVID-19
Factors linked to fewer completed telemedicine visits include older age, Asian race, non-English as preferred language, Medicaid insurance
FDA Authorizes Marketing of EndoRotor System
Device provides minimally invasive way to resect and remove necrotic tissue in patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis
Incidence of Young-Onset Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Rising
Young-onset esophageal adenocarcinoma presenting at more advanced stages; proportion of advanced stage up from 1975 to 2015
Triple Treatment Combo Beneficial in BRAF-Mutant CRC
Irinotecan, cetuximab, and vemurafenib improve progression-free survival in BRAFV600E-mutated colorectal cancer
Privileged White U.S. Citizens Have Better Health Outcomes
However, outcomes are not always better than those of average citizens in 12 comparison countries
CDC: Life Expectancy for U.S. Population Increased in 2019
And age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 20.7 to 21.6 per 100,000 from 2018 to 2019
ACG Develops First Guideline for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Authors suggest use of positive diagnostic strategy for improving time to initiation of appropriate therapy
Early-Onset CRC Incidence Examined by Histologic Subtype
Adenocarcinomas increasing in most early-onset subgroups; carcinoid tumors increasing more steeply in all age groups
Atopic Dermatitis Tied to Autoimmune Diseases
Findings strongest for autoimmune diseases involving the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, or connective tissue
