For how we live.
H. pylori infection and NSAIDs are the two most common causes of peptic ulcers. Treatment now turns on antibiotic resistance, which is quietly reshaping the first-line regimens.
Haemorrhoids affect about 1 in 20 Americans and half of over-50s. A meta-analysis found fibre cut the risk of persisting symptoms by 47 percent and of bleeding by half.
Gallstones affect 10 to 15 percent of Americans, but stones that never block a bile duct cause no symptoms. Here is when a stone stops being harmless and becomes an emergency.
The Bristol Stool Form Scale turns an awkward question into a measurable one. Types 3 to 5 are the healthy middle; the shape of your stool tracks how fast it moved through you.
A double-blind trial gave 17,598 people pantoprazole or placebo for three years and tracked pneumonia, fractures, kidney disease and dementia. Only gut infections rose, and only modestly.
The American College of Gastroenterology suggests a positive diagnostic strategy over a diagnosis of exclusion, with two blood and stool tests doing most of the ruling-out that is actually warranted.
A small proof-of-concept study pitted several AI systems against gastroenterologists and emergency physicians on cholangitis exam questions. The gap between the best and worst AI performers was enormous.
OCULUS was halted at interim analysis: continuing a GLP-1 or GIP agonist before endoscopy left 25.0% of patients with clinically significant retained stomach contents, versus 3.1% who held one dose.