A recent study aimed to describe the safety and effectiveness of a colonoscopy-assisted approach to re-establish lost cecostomy access in children. Lead author Riad Rahhal, MD, MS, answered our questions.
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Researchers from the CDC’s Office of Antibiotic Stewardship have determined that outpatient antibiotic prescription rates in the United States have decreased in recent years. In this Q&A, the Office...
A recent study aimed to better understand the potential connection between early-life exposure to oral antibiotics and lung function into early adulthood. Senior author Adrian J. Lowe, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD,...
A study team recently examined the risk of ischemic strokes and transient ischemic attacks among patients who discontinued vitamin K antagonist therapy. We spoke with lead authors Carlos Martinez, MD, MSc,...
Violeta Popov, MD, PhD, and colleagues answer our questions about their research on the relationship between weight parameters and colorectal cancer survival presented at the ACG 2019 Annual Meeting.
A research team led by Miranda P. Ween, PhD, and Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD, performed a systematic review of recent evidence to gain more insight on the health effects of e-cigarette use. Pulmonology...
New findings suggest that tau-positron emission tomography signal can predict future brain atrophy in individuals in the early symptomatic stages of Alzheimer disease. The study’s lead author, Renaud La...
Is obesity a causal risk factor for aortic stenosis? Researcher, Børge G. Nordestgaard, MD, DMSc, sheds light by answering our questions about his team’s latest study.
A new analysis of the ArthritisPower registry aimed to identify factors that patients believe influenced their physician’s treatment decisions. Lead authors W. Benjamin Nowell, PhD, and Kelly Gavigan, MPH,...
Maitreyi Raman, MD, MSc, answers our questions about how the low FODMAP diet affects irritable bowel syndrome symptoms, concerns about prescribing the low FODMAP diet, and factors that need to be considered...
