Although the treatment response rate of pregnant women hospitalized with an inflammatory bowel disease relapse is high, the incidence of preterm birth and low birth weight infants is also high compared with inflammatory bowel disease patients who do not relapse during pregnancy. Reuters Health Information
Johnson & Johnson issued a recall of its Softchews Rolaids antacids on Thursday after consumers reported finding wood and metal bits in the tablets. Reuters Health Information
Double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) helps control recurrent obscure gastrointestinal bleeding from small bowel vascular lesions, a French team reports. Reuters Health Information
Without affecting 2-year outcomes, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) had fewer adverse events than conventional radiation therapy. Medscape Medical News
In a randomized trial in women, a 5-day course of nitrofurantoin was equivalent clinically and microbiologically to a 3-day course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Medscape Medical News
