Fundoplication and gastrojejunal feeding tubes appear to be equivalent for preventing aspiration pneumonia in young children with neurological impairment who have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a new report. Reuters Health Information
Survival after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has improved significantly over the past 20 years, even in patients with advanced disease, researchers from Hong Kong report. Reuters Health Information
Clinicians should be aware that LVADs may have this effect and make every effort to confirm the absence of hepatitis C infection "in order to prevent undue alarm among patients and to prevent candidates from being denied transplantation," according to researchers. Heartwire
For more than two decades a single genetically-stable HBV strain has been circulating among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam. This retrospective study provides more insight into this phenomenon. Journal of Viral Hepatitis
In patients with Helicobacter pylori infection, a sequential regimen appears more effective than the widely used triple therapy using a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and antibiotics, according to a pooled data analysis by Italian researchers. Reuters Health Information
