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An 8-year-old boy was seen collecting money by dancing in the street in the Central African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC.

SAN DIEGO — Five-year relative survival for early-onset colorectal cancer improved over a 20-year period only among white patients, with no improvements for Black, Asian or Hispanic patients, per data at Digestive Disease Week 2022.“Our most stunning finding was that even over a 20-year span, Blacks had not caught up to whites in surviving early-onset CRC,” Timothy A. Zaki, MD,

SAN DIEGO — A new, low-cost scoring system called TREAT-B accurately determined treatment eligibility for patients with hepatitis B virus, particularly where DNA assays are unavailable, according to research. “Major international guidelines have recommended the criteria for initiating treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. However, the hepatitis B DNA assay is not

SAN DIEGO — Liver stiffness assessment predicted liver-related complications and hepatocellular carcinoma development among patients with hepatitis C following direct-acting antiviral treatment, according to research. “HCV infection is one of the leading causes of cirrhosis, HCC and liver-related complications. Sustained virological response is achieved in 80% to 95% of chronic HCV

SAN DIEGO — Although endoscopic submucosal dissection continues to gain ground in managing colorectal laterally spreading lesions, endoscopic mucosal resection maintains a critical role, according to a debate at Digestive Diseases Week. “The debate today perhaps should not be about EMR vs. ESD, but instead our quest for ideal endoscopic resection,” Dennis Yang, MD, director of

A recently published survey revealed that nearly half of American workers report they and their coworkers are more acutely aware of stress than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.In a company press release, LifeWorks Mental Health Index reported that 42% of U.S. citizens who felt more sensitive to stressors recorded a mental health score more than 10 points below the national average. In

SAN DIEGO — Minimal long-term cardiac safety findings were reported with ozanimod treatment in patients with ulcerative colitis and relapsing multiple sclerosis, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022. “Ozanimod is a newly approved, oral sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator that specifically targets S1P1 and S1P5 and prevents lymphocyte migration

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed anatomic-based medial collateral ligament repair and MCL reconstruction may be equivalent based on objective knee laxity, but MCL reconstruction had better subjective outcomes. Nicholas N. DePhillipo, PhD, ATC, and colleagues randomly assigned 54 patients with grade 3 MCL tears with or without concomitant ACL injuries to undergo either an

SAN DIEGO — Statin therapy decreased the risk for developing acute cholangitis among patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022. “Primary sclerosing cholangitis [PSC] is a cholestatic biliary disease whose analysis and underlying biology remains fairly poorly understood,” Chiraag Kulkarni, MD, internal

Delaying or stopping STEMI treatment during the first COVID-19-related lockdown in England was associated with approximately 2 life-years lost per patient vs. pre-lockdown conditions, according to a modeling analysis presented at EuroPCR.In an analysis to predict the potential clinical and economic burden associated with reductions in PCI treatment access during the COVID-19 lockdown in England,