October 27, 2025

Lower GI mistakes: Postop Crohn's, vaccine gaps, colonoscopy errors

There is no routine colonoscopy. Focus on the basics to reduce the impact of inevitable mistakes, done reliably every time.

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October 27, 2025

Why Open Access May Not Boost Citations

Researchers found that companion open access journals charge high publication fees yet yield fewer citations than traditional journals.

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October 24, 2025

Endoscopist skill found to predict short-term post-colonoscopy cancer

In the short term, the quality of the endoscopist is a stronger driver of cancer risk than polyp characteristics.

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October 24, 2025

Synbiotic Supplement Reduced Multiple Inflammatory Proteins

Butyrate rise corresponded with lower IL-6 during 6-week synbiotic supplementation.

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October 23, 2025

Nutritional IBD screening tools ranked

Single-center cohort finds MIRT most sensitive at predicting malnutrition or low Fat-Free Mass Index within six months in patients in remission with IBD; SaskIBD-NR shows the highest accuracy for GLIM-defined malnutrition and for low Fat-Free Mass Index.

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October 22, 2025

Medical Oddities: Oxygen Via Rectum?

Oxygen from below, coffee for gout, and hugs with hidden motives—just another week.

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October 22, 2025

Do GLP-1RAs Differ in Cardiometabolic Protection?

Researchers found that liraglutide and semaglutide offer similar cardiovascular and kidney benefits in type 2 diabetes.

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October 20, 2025

FDA Okays First Oral GLP-1 for CV Risk

Novo Nordisk’s once-daily GLP-1 tablet reduced major adverse cardiovascular events in high-risk adults, including those without prior heart attack or stroke.

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October 20, 2025

ACP Backs Single CRC Screening Metric

Performance committee rejects four measures over evidence misalignment and methodological concerns.

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