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What is the gastrointestinal impact of Long Covid?

Researchers assessed gastrointestinal outcomes associated with COVID-19.

9 Mar 2023

She sued a hospital and lost — but felt she’d won

When a patient faces an outrageous medical bill, they have two choices: Pay the balance or fight.

16 Feb 2023

Loyalty card data on over-the-counter drug purchases could help spot ovarian cancer cases earlier

Loyalty card data on over-the-counter medicine purchases could help spot ovarian cancer cases earlier according to a pioneering study funded by Cancer Research UK.

26 Jan 2023

Cardiovascular disease risk after pre-eclampsia manifests at young ages and early after delivery

Women with pre-eclampsia have a higher likelihood of heart attack and stroke than their peers within just seven years of delivery, with risks remaining elevated more than 20 years later.

26 Jan 2023

Gut bacterial community found to be less diverse in people with irritable bowel syndrome

People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have lower bacterial diversity in the intestine than do healthy people, according to a team of Korean investigators.

19 Jan 2023

COVID-19 vaccine safe for children who have had MIS-C

A study of children and adolescents who received a COVID-19 vaccination following multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) found that there were no reports of serious complications including myocarditis or MIS-C reoccurrence.

3 Jan 2023

When malpractice occurs at community health centers, taxpayers pay

Silvia Garcia's 14-year-old son was left permanently disabled and in a wheelchair after a community health center doctor in New Mexico failed to diagnose his appendicitis despite his complaint of severe stomach pain.

28 Nov 2022

Exploring remdesivir resistance in COVID-19-infected transplant recipients

In a new study, researchers assessed the remdesivir resistance developed in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-infected transplant recipients.

29 Sep 2022

Stopping a pervasive bacterium that makes millions sick each year

As we head outdoors this summer, scientists are working to clip the long, flexible appendages that enable the common bacterium Campylobacter jejuni to make its way from undercooked poultry and natural waterways into our intestinal tract where it makes millions of us sick each year.

1 Jul 2022

AGA's new clinical guidelines outline a personalized approach for treating IBS patients

New treatment guidelines released today in Gastroenterology outline a personalized approach for treating patients with approved drug treatments for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with constipation (IBS-C) or IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D).

21 Jun 2022

Study finds a bidirectional link between gastrointestinal issues and internalized symptoms in kids with autism

Children with autism spectrum disorder tend to experience gastrointestinal issues, such as constipation and stomach pain, at a higher rate than their neurotypical peers.

26 Apr 2022

Rarely-used antibiotic could be a safe and affordable treatment for neonatal sepsis

An antibiotic rarely used in infants admitted to hospitals could be a safe and affordable, life-saving treatment for neonatal sepsis, in the face of growing resistance to other drugs, a study finds.

24 Feb 2022

Study shows efficacy, safety of oral immunotherapy in one- to three-year-olds with peanut allergy

The majority of young children treated with peanut immunotherapy achieved desensitization after two and a half years of treatment, and one in five remained in remission 26 weeks after treatment ended, according to a randomized controlled trial published in The Lancet.

20 Jan 2022

Specific diets have less effect on IBS symptoms than expected

Many IBS sufferers avoid certain types of food and often exclude gluten. However, a large new study from Chalmers University of Technology and Uppsala University, Sweden, does not show a relationship between high intake of gluten and increased IBS symptoms.

16 Dec 2021

Colorado hospitals in ‘critical condition’ as state weathers another surge

Harold Burch's home has a spectacular view in Paonia, a rural part of Colorado's Western Slope at the foot of Mount Lamborn. But the landscape has been little consolation to the 60-year-old as he has battled a cascade of health problems during the pandemic.

15 Dec 2021

A case of post-vaccination MIS in an adult without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new case study on the report of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MISC) in a 22-year-old woman in South Korea after vaccination.

5 Dec 2021

New NCCN patient guideline explains when and how to screen for colorectal cancer

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network today announced the publication of new NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Colorectal Cancer Screening.

1 Dec 2021

Scientists search for cause of mysterious covid-related inflammation in children

Like most other kids with covid, Dante and Michael DeMaino seemed to have no serious symptoms.

20 Oct 2021

More than half of COVID-19 survivors experience "long COVID", researchers say

More than half of the 236 million people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide since December 2019 will experience post-COVID symptoms -; more commonly known as "long COVID" -; up to six months after recovering, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

13 Oct 2021

Flavonoids can potentially help prevent COVID-19-induced diarrhea, study finds

A recent study published in Tropical Biomedicine determines whether flavonoids can help prevent diarrhea caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection.

15 Sep 2021