Don’t treat Asian IBD patients differently, specialist urges 2 May 2012 0 comments Rates of IBD are significantly lower in Asia than the West, but Australian gastroenterologists should not let this affect their treatment of local patients of Asian background, a specialist says.
Ulcerative colitis increases 11-fold in Victorian children 2 May 2012 0 comments Researchers claim to have found the largest increase of ulcerative colitis ever reported in a population – and it is in Victorian children.
Ulcerative colitis no longer raises colorectal cancer risk 2 May 2012 0 comments Improvements in treatment over the last 30 years mean people with ulcerative colitis are no longer at greater risk of colorectal cancer, Danish researchers suggest.
Chronic active gastritis in paediatric Crohn’s 18 Apr 2012 0 comments About 20% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease have Helicobacter-negative gastritis compared with only 2% of people without IBD, finds a study based on computerized pathology reports.
Study shows Australia is on the right screening track 11 Apr 2012 0 comments People are more likely to complete bowel cancer screening by means of FOBT than colonoscopy, new research reveals, in a finding supportive of current Australian guidelines.
Experts propose standardised FIT reporting metric 11 Apr 2012 0 comments An Australian gastroenterologist is among a multinational team proposing a standardised means of reporting the results of fecal immunochemical tests.
Rifaximin comes out on top in meta-analysis 28 Mar 2012 0 comments The antibiotic rifaximin is less likely to cause side effects while providing relief in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea than some other drugs, a new meta-analysis has concluded.
Calls to expand bowel cancer screening labelled a ‘cop out’ 14 Mar 2012 0 comments The row over bowel cancer screening has flared again with one leading peak body dismissing as severely inadequate the calls of three independent MPs to expand the national screening program in the…
Pharmacists urged to embrace FOB tests 14 Mar 2012 0 comments Bowel Cancer Australia is urging pharmacists to embrace immunochemical faecal occult blood tests and phase out older guaiac tests.
NSAIDs can almost triple risk of IBD: Study 7 Mar 2012 0 comments Non-aspirin NSAIDs increase the risk of Crohn’s disease by almost 60% and ulcerative colitis by almost 90%, concludes a large study based on the Nurses’ Health Study I.
