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Given population obesity trends

Demand for Liver Transplant for NASH Set to Continue Rising

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Increase in obesity prevalence strongly linked to liver transplant waitlist additions nine years later
Greater focus is needed on correct identification processes in order to prevent wrong-patient medication administration incidents

Nurse-, System-Related Factors Analyzed in Wrong-Patient Events

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In 77 percent of wrong-patient incident reports, the process of identifying the patients was not described
For patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma who received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Females Show Better Response to CRT in Esophageal Cancer

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Females more often had complete, nearly complete pathologic response to induction tx; less recurrence
Clinical features

Clinical Feature Model Predicts Colitis Outcomes

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Clinical features can predict both colectomy and steroid dependence
Screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces all-cause mortality

Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Reduces Mortality

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Reduction in all-cause mortality at 11 to 12 years using data from individual NORCCAP study cohorts
For women

Hours Worked Impacted by Kids for Female, Not Male Doctors

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Findings from a national sample of dual-physician couples
Most patients with ulcerative colitis do not achieve the 'Treat to Target' end point of composite clinical and endoscopic remission

Most Ulcerative Colitis Patients Do Not Achieve Target Remission

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Thirty-five percent of patients in real-world care met target of clinical and endoscopic remission
Higher dietary energy density (the ratio of energy intake to food weight) is associated with increased risk of obesity-related cancers among normal-weight women

Dietary Energy Density May Up Risk of Obesity-Linked Cancers

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DED linked to 10 percent increase of any obesity-related cancer among normal-weight women
In non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Plasma Amino Acids Up in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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Ballooning/inflammation at liver biopsy linked to increased plasma branched chain, aromatic AAs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall of numerous liquid pharmaceutical products because of possible bacterial contamination that could cause severe infections in vulnerable patients.

FDA: Potential Contamination in Some Liquid Pharma Products

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Concerns over possible bacterial contamination that could cause severe infections in vulnerable patients