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CT Colonography Effective With Limited Bowel Preparation
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Use of fecal tagging techniques can limit the need for bowel cleaning before CT colonography, and can provide results comparable to those following extensive cathartic preparation in terms of detecting larger polyps, Dutch researchers report in the April issue of Radiology. Reuters Health Information
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New Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility Loci Identified
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Genome-wide association scans have identified new colorectal cancer susceptibility loci on 11q23, 10p14, and 8q23.3, according to the findings of two studies appearing in the March 30th advance online issue of Nature Genetics. Reuters Health Information
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Estrogen Hormone Therapy May Raise Risk of Reflux: Study
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The results of a Swedish population-based twin study provide evidence that postmenopausal estrogen hormone therapy (HT) increases the risk of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, independent of heredity, body weight, and tobacco use. Reuters Health Information
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COX-2 Inhibitor Plus PPI Best for Preventing NSAID-Related Gastropathy
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Although all of the common gastroprotective strategies reduce the risk of upper gastrointestinal (GI) complications in users of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), the combination of a COX-2 inhibitor with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) is associated with the largest risk reduction, according to a Canadian study reported in the April issue of Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information
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