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Hepatitis B in the Asian Population
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Tram Tran, MD, focuses on the major global health problem that HBV infection remains to highlight ongoing issues specific to the Asian population, a disproportionately affected group.
Medscape Gastroenterology
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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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Steroids Ease Symptoms of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, but Relapse Common
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Eosinophilic esophagitis in pediatric patients responds well to either oral prednisone or swallowed fluticasone, although fluticasone is better tolerated, according to investigators at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. However, symptoms return within weeks of stopping treatment in about half of patients. Reuters Health Information
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