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Sequential Therapy Best Approach to H. Pylori Infection
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In previously untreated patients, sequential therapy with a proton-pump inhibitor and antibiotics is better at eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection than is standard therapy, which involves giving these agents all at once, according to a meta-analysis of trial data. Reuters Health Information
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Increased in Older Americans
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Among older Americans, there was a substantial increase in the number of colorectal cancer screening tests conducted between 2000 and 2005, according to findings from national population-based surveys published in the August issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 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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