Dr. MedLaw: Dealing With Reciprocal Effects of a National Practitioner Data Bank Report
The National Practitioner Data Bank was established as a nationwide information resource, intended...
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Author: Rebecca Shover
Measuring Frailty & Mortality Risk in Patients With COPD
There is substantial overlap between patients with COPD identified as frail using the FFP or SPPB...
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Proton Pump Inhibitors Associated With Worse Outcomes in CD
In patients with CD, exposure to proton pump inhibitors is an independent risk factor for worse...
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Novel AI Tool Proves Valuable in Scoring Histological Images in UC
An AI tool achieved a high correlation with histopathologists for assessing mucosal inflammation,...
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Poor Sleep Linked With Vitamin D Deficiency in CD
New data shows a link between vitamin D deficiency and poor sleep among patients with CD, which...
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GLP-1-Based Therapy for Diabetes Confers No Increased IBD Risk
A prospective, nationwide cohort study found no increased risk for IBD linked to type 2 diabetes...
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Early Antibiotic Use Increases Risk for IBD
A cohort study confirms early antibiotic exposure as a risk factor for the development of...
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Most Crohn´s Disease Strictures Respond to Drug Treatment
An intensified treatment regimen reduced treatment failure and improved CD stricture morphology...
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Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease in Pediatric Patients Increases Cancer Risk
Children and adolescents with immune-mediated inflammatory disease carry a 2-fold higher risk for...
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IBD Procedures Decline Overall During COVID-19 Pandemic
The marked decrease in surgical procedures in year 1 of the COVID-19 pandemic was followed by an...
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Long-Term UNIFI Results Show Efficacy of Ustekinumab in UC
The 4-year results of the UNIFI long-term extension study show ustekinumab is safe and effective...
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Upadacitinib Maintains Endoscopic Response & Remission in CD
Upadacitinib was efficacious for inducing and maintaining response and remission in moderately to...
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Resection Provides Better Long-Term Outcomes in Early Ileocecal CD
Compared with anti-TNF treatment, unfavorable outcomes were 33% lower when patients with early,...
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Biologic Therapy Has No Impact on Early Postop Complications in CD
More than a quarter of patients undergoing intestinal resection for CD had early, postoperative...
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Long-Term Ozanimod Treatment Shows Sustained Response in UC
After up to 3 years of ozanimod for UC, the benefit of treatment was maintained in many patients,...
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Perinatal Exposure to Parental CD Increases Risk in Offspring
Offspring exposed to maternal CD early in life had a markedly increased risk for developing CD...
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Early Post-Op Vedolizumab Decreases Endoscopic Relapse in CD
Patients started on vedolizumab within 4 weeks of resection had a significantly lower likelihood...
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Use of Surgical Quality Metrics Improves Early NSCLC Outcomes
Adhering to surgical quality metrics may improve overall survival and recurrence-free survival for...
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