Glucose, not insulin, linked to colorectal cancer risk 25 Jan 2012 0 comments An analysis from the Women's Health Initiative has suggested that colorectal cancer risk is associated with elevated fasting glucose levels, but not with hyperinsulinaemia.
Obesity linked to certain GI symptoms 25 Jan 2012 0 comments There are "obvious clinical implication" of a new Australian study outlining the particular gastrointestinal symptoms obese people are likely to experience.
Chronic medications slip through cracks after hospital admission 24 Aug 2011 0 comments Patients with chronic diseases are at risk of having their long-term medications unintentionally discontinued after a hospital admission.
Warning on GI symptoms with paracetamol: study 10 Aug 2011 0 comments Researchers were surprised when a control arm receiving only paracetamol experienced the same drops in haemoglobin as the ibuprofen group.
30% of Australian hep B patients undiagnosed 10 Nov 2010 0 comments Up to 50,000 Australians with hep B do not know they have the disease, experts say.
Generic perks to be revealed 10 Nov 2010 0 comments Generic drug companies will face similar promotional restrictions to brand name pharmaceutical manufactures as a new code of conduct rules they must disclose the amount they spend on 'wining and…
More than 1000 doctors deregistered for non-renewal 10 Nov 2010 0 comments Almost 1200 doctors have been taken off the register of medical practitioners and stripped of Medicare rights by the new national medical board for failing to renew their registration.
New surveillance guidelines 'first to be sensible' 26 Oct 2010 0 comments Cancer surveillance in patients with inflammatory bowel disease needs to change to make use of new techniques and focus on those at high risk, a world leader in IBD told an audience at Australian…
Controversy surrounds recertification requirements 26 Oct 2010 0 comments Recommended requirements for colonoscopy recertification drew criticism from several directions at AGW 2010 last week.
Who should be doing surveillance endoscopies? 25 Oct 2010 0 comments Nobody at Gastroenterology Week 2010 said they would allow a practicing colonoscopist, chosen at random, to give them a colonoscopy. What would the public think if they knew what gastroenterologists…
