Scientists Locate Biomarkers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Researchers trying to find the key to a mysterious group of digestive ailments have located a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Their discovery could lead to earlier diagnoses and intervention for individuals still asymptomatic. A team of scientists from the University of Cincinnati analyzed data from the Department of Defense Serum Repository [...]
AbbVie’s New Crohn’s Disease Drug Candidate
AbbVie’s drug Humira is currently the best-selling medication on the planet, and it is approved to treat a wide range of diseases, including Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis. Recently, the company announced a partnership with a small biotech company called Galapagos to develop a JAK1 inhibitor for Crohn’s Disease. In the following video, health-care analyst [...]
BLOG: Inpatient Admission Services
To the Medicare program, observation services include short-term treatment and assessment for the purpose of determining whether a beneficiary can be discharged from a hospital or will require further treatment as an inpatient. For hospitals, a physician’s order for observation services will frequently create a compliance headache that can result in reimbursement denials, recovery audit [...]
Weight Loss Physical Activity Improve GERD
ORLANDO, Fla. — Participants in a weight-loss program experienced improvement in GERD symptoms with successful weight loss in a study presented at Digestive Disease Week.In a prospective cohort study, researchers evaluated weight, calorie intake and responses to a validated reflux disease questionnaire (RDQ) in 213 obese and overweight participants enrolled in a structured weight-loss program. [...]
FUSE Colonoscopy Produced Better Adenoma Detection
ORLANDO, Fla. — Colonoscopies performed using a new, 330-degree colonoscope resulted in significantly improved detection and miss rates for adenomas compared with standard colonoscopes, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.In a prospective, multicenter, international study, researchers administered tandem colonoscopies via traditional forward-viewing (TFV) and full spectrum endoscopy (FUSE, EndoChoice) to 185 adult patients [...]
Villous atrophy in Crohn’s disease linked to hip fracture
Villous atrophy in Crohn’s disease linked to hip fracture Healio Researchers evaluated 7,146 patients in Sweden with histologic evidence of Crohn’s disease (CD). All participants had undergone follow-up biopsy between 6 months and 5 years of CD diagnosis. The risk for fracture among patients who experienced … and more » Tags: biopsy, crohn s disease, Crohns, [...]
Crohn’s Disease Surgery Common with Anxiety Depression Patients
ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients with Crohn’s disease and psychiatric comorbidities such as anxiety or depression are more likely to require disease-related surgery, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week in Orlando.Researchers assessed the prevalence of major depressive disorder and anxiety among 5,405 patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and 5,429 with ulcerative colitis (UC). All [...]
No difference in IVF success rates in IPAA vs non-IPAA patients
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Mayo Clinic researcher said here at Digestive Disease Week that a patient who has undergone ileal pouch-anal anastomosis should not be discouraged from seeking to become pregnant.Sunanda V. Kane, MD, professor of medicine, division of gastroenterology and hepatology, Mayo Clinic, presented unpublished data on the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) [...]
AbbVie, Galapagos extend JAK1 pact into Crohn’s Disease
AbbVie ($ABBV) has made meds for inflammatory gastrointestinal ills a major theme of its deal-making activities this week. The North Chicago, IL-based drug giant and Belgium’s Galapagos ($GLPG) have agreed to expand their collaboration on an oral JAK1 inhibitor to include Crohn’s disease. Galapagos plans to fund and launch a midstage study of the compound, [...]
Rob Hill’s Walk to Cure Crohn’s & Ulcerative Colitis
Rob Hill’s Walk to Cure Crohn’s & Ulcerative Colitis., Walking with us takes guts finding a cure We are the “Bowel movements” and we’re on the move! We are members of the Intestinal Diseases Education and Awareness Society (IDEAS) lab at UBC-Okanagan and this is our team’s first year participating in the Gutsy walk. Canada [...]
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