The rate of inpatient bariatric procedures among adolescents appears to have plateaued since 2003, despite the worsening childhood obesity epidemic. The rate of these procedures per 100,000 increased from 0.8 in 2000 to 2.3 in...
Read MoreAustralian researchers have found that durable weight loss can be maintained through 15 years among patients who undergo laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Weight loss rates beyond 10 years were similar between patients...
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In June 2009, CMS began publishing 30-day readmission data for select medical diseases, resulting...
Read MoreAmong patients with a warfarin-associated index gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding event, the decision to not resume warfarin within 90 days appears to be associated with higher risks for thrombosis and mortality. A cohort study...
Read MoreThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) that cannot be surgically removed and no longer respond to...
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