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    • 30-Jul-2010
    • Esophageal cancer risk increased in achalasia patients   People with achalasia, a rare esophageal motility disorder, are at increased risk for esophageal cancer compared with the general population, study findings show.
    • 28-Jul-2010
    • Obesity in childhood increases risk for GERD   Obese children have significantly increased risk for developing gastroesophageal reflux disease compared with those of normal weight, report researchers.
    • 26-Jul-2010
    • Gastric mucosa in upper esophagus frequent but rarely problematic   Around 10% of patients who undergo endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract have at least one heterotopic gastric mucosa, a more frequent rate than previously reported, study results show.
    • 23-Jul-2010
    • Gene methylation may indicate colorectal cancer in UC   The altered methylation status of three genes may point to the development of colorectal cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis, US investigators have discovered.
    • 21-Jul-2010
    • Eosinophilic esophagitis often underdiagnosed, misinterpreted   Eosinophilic esophagitis is frequently underdiagnosed due to lack of clinical suspicion, failure to biopsy, and histopathologic misinterpretation, results of a UK study show.
    • 19-Jul-2010
    • Exposure to SO2 and NO2 may increase risk for early-onset UC and CD   Residential exposure to sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide may increase the risk for developing early-onset ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, say Canadian researchers.
    • 16-Jul-2010
    • Colorectal cancer screening test more accurate in winter than summer   Study results show that the immunochemical fecal occult blood test for detecting colorectal cancer is approximately 13% less accurate in the summer than in the winter.
    • 14-Jul-2010
    • Balloon dilation relieves strictures in Crohn’s disease patients   Crohn’s disease patients may benefit from endoscopic balloon dilation of symptomatic disease strictures, offering an alternative to surgery that may be repeated in recurrent intestinal obstructions, say Italian researchers.
    • 12-Jul-2010
    • Endoscopy reduces mortality in UGIH patients   Mortality among patients with acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage is reduced by endoscopy, say Italian scientists who suggest care on a gastroenterology ward may offer additional benefits.
    • 09-Jul-2010
    • H. pylori infection decreases reflux esophagitis risk   Infection with Helicobacter pylori has a strong negative association with reflux esophagitis, and eradication of infection raises the prevalence of esophagitis to that of non-infected individuals, conclude South Korean investigators.
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