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American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting

October 22 - 27, 2021; Hybrid (Virtual/Las Vegas, Nevada)

October 22 - 27, 2021 Hybrid (Virtual/Las Vegas, Nevada)

ACG 2021 Automated Duodenoscope Cleaner Clears Out Contamination The soon-to-be-available system outperformed manual operations and helps eliminate variability and human error.
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2021
ACG 2021 Clinicians May Overprescribe Clarithromycin for H pylori Most physicians start patients with H pylori infection on clarithromycin, despite high rates of resistance.
Medscape Medical News, October 29, 2021
ACG 2021 A Pill for C difficile Works by Increasing Microbiome Diversity Freeze-dried human stool may offer advantages for the treatment of C difficile infections.
Medscape Medical News, October 24, 2021

Conference News

ACG 2021 Upadacitinib Delivers Rapid Response in Ulcerative Colitis
Medscape Medical News, December 3, 2021
ACG 2021 Esophageal Cancer Requires Long-term Postop Surveillance
Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
ACG 2021 Prior Biologic Exposure No Barrier for Ozanimod in Colitis
Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
ACG 2021 In Diabetes, Fast-Growing Pancreatic Cysts May Be a Red Flag
Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021
ACG 2021 Automated Duodenoscope Cleaner Clears Out Contamination
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2021
ACG 2021 Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Severity Increased During COVID-19
Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2021
ACG 2021 People of Color Missing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Trials
Medscape Medical News, November 5, 2021
ACG 2021 In People on NSAIDs, SSRI Antidepressant May Further Up Risk of GI Bleeding
Reuters Health Information, November 3, 2021
ACG 2021 Obesity Interventions Tied to Colon Cancer Risk Reduction
Medscape Medical News, November 3, 2021
ACG 2021 Vonoprazan Beats PPIs in H pylori Eradication
Medscape Medical News, November 2, 2021
ACG 2021 Colitis Study: Ozanimod Tops Adalimumab, Equals Vedolizumab
Medscape Medical News, November 2, 2021
ACG 2021 New Drug for Short-Bowel Syndrome Offers Hope of Simplified Treatment
Reuters Health Information, November 1, 2021

ACG 2021 Clinicians May Overprescribe Clarithromycin for H pylori
Medscape Medical News, October 29, 2021
ACG 2021 Tracking Adenomas per Colonoscopy Promising as Quality Measure
Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2021
ACG 2021 Dupilumab Shows Long-term Efficacy in EoE
Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2021
ACG 2021 FLIP Matches HRM for Measuring Clinical Response After POEM
Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2021
ACG 2021 Immune Response Detected in Most IBD Patients After COVID Vaccines
Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2021
ACG 2021 Risankizumab Has Early and Lasting Benefits in Crohn's Disease
Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2021
ACG 2021 Stool Tests Rapidly Predict H pylori Antibiotic Resistance
Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2021
ACG 2021 Cases of Deadly Pancreatic Cancer on the Rise in the US
Reuters Health Information, October 26, 2021
ACG 2021 Balloon-Enhanced Colonoscopy Finds More Adenomas
Medscape Medical News, October 26, 2021
ACG 2021 Upadacitinib Shows Potential for Ulcerative Colitis
Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2021
ACG 2021 A Pill for C difficile Works by Increasing Microbiome Diversity
Medscape Medical News, October 24, 2021

Popular News from ACG 2020

FIT Unfit for Inpatient, Emergency Settings The inappropriate use of the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) is common in hospital settings and emergency departments, and its use should be curbed, investigators advise.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 04, 2020
Probiotic Blend May Help Patients With GI Symptoms A combination of five probiotics improves a variety of symptoms related to gastrointestinal (GI) disorders at 30 days, new research shows.
Medscape Medical News, Oct 28, 2020
Cannabis May Improve Liver Function in Patients With Obesity Cannabis use is associated with a reduction in steatohepatitis and disease progression in people with obesity, results from a retrospective study show, but use was self-reported, so questions remain.
Medscape Medical News, Oct 27, 2020

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