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Thromboembolism Threatens Hospitalized IBD Patients
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Hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at greater risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) than are patients without IBD, Canadian and US researchers report in the September issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information
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Long-Term Lubiprostone Therapy Shows Positive Effects on IBS-C
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The results are coming in for the long-term treatment with lubiprostone (Amitiza) for irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and were reported here at a heavily attended session at Digestive Diseases Week 2008. The results show that the type-2 chloride channel activator was progressively effective over the course of a 36-week trial with minimal adverse effects. Reuters Health Information
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Colorectal Cancer: KRAS Changes Everything
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In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall explains how recent findings about the KRAS gene have profound implications both for our approach to colorectal cancer as a disease, as well as for treatment.
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