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AGA Accepting Applications for Its Inaugural Incubator Program
The AGA is seeking applicants for a six-month virtual program to hasten breakthroughs in digestive diseases, which will culminate in a formal pitch at DDW 2026.
AUGUST 21, 2025
Robotic Surgery Improves 3-Year Relapse-Free Survival in Rectal Cancer
A real-world study found that robotic surgery significantly improves 3-year relapse-free survival compared with laparoscopic surgery in rectal cancer patients.
AUGUST 18, 2025
‘Right-Sizing’ Surveillance Intervals for CRC: Considerations for Now and the Future
The 2020 guidelines for surveillance colonoscopy have steered gastroenterologists toward more appropriate surveillance intervals, but research continues to refine individual risk and recommendations, according to the guideline author, Samir Gupta, MD.
JULY 23, 2025
Structured Exercise Improves Survival In Patients With Stage II/III Colon Cancer
A structured exercise program after adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with high-risk stage II or III colon cancer improved both disease-free and overall survival.
JULY 18, 2025
Dried Fruit Improves Chronic Constipation, Study Finds
Investigators found that a four-week diet of daily dried fruit increased stool weight and frequency in patients with chronic constipation.
JULY 15, 2025
IVIG May Improve Nutritional Status In Patients With Refractory Dysmotility
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy can improve body mass index and overall nutritional status in patients with diffuse gastrointestinal motility disorders.
JULY 11, 2025
Transfusion Timing Crucial in Patients With UGI Bleeding
In patients with upper GI bleeding, early blood product transfusion is independently associated with improved clinical outcomes.
JULY 10, 2025
GI Giants: The Person Behind the Eponym
Paul Georges Dieulafoy (1839-1911)
Paul Georges Dieulafoy was a French internist and pathologist, known for his detailed description of what is now called the Dieulafoy lesion.
JULY 9, 2025
Translumbosacral Neuromodulation Therapy Decreases Severity and Frequency of FI
Translumbosacral neuromodulation therapy, a noninvasive treatment using magnetic stimulation, reduced fecal incontinence episodes by 50%.
JULY 2, 2025
FMT May Boost Immunotherapy Effectiveness, Overuse of Antibiotics Would Not
Fecal microbiota transplantation may enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapies by reducing gut dysbiosis, according to a presentation at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting.
JUNE 24, 2025
Colonization by C. diff Is Common, Not Always Benign
Approximately 4% of hospitalized patients who were colonized with toxigenic Clostridioides difficile progressed to hospital-onset C. difficile infection and showed key risk factors for progression.
JUNE 19, 2025
Study Finds 100% Patient Adherence to More Palatable Elemental Diet
A new, more palatable elemental diet demonstrated impressive tolerability and compliance, and has a more affordable price tag, compared to other elemental diets.
JUNE 17, 2025
