MEDICAL NEWS

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JOURNAL UPDATE

Family History Questionnaire Ups Genetic Counseling for CRC

• 1991-2014 Saw Minimal Change in Health Spending Per State
• HCC Drops Beyond Five Years of Entecavir/Tenofovir Tx for Hep B
• NSAID Use, Survival Link Varies With KRAS Status in CRC Patients

MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY

May 2017 Briefing - Gastroenterology

FEATURED ARTICLES

Use of Balloon and Balloon-like devices in Medicine

I recently came across a very interesting article listing the many extended uses of the Foley’s catheter in plastic surgery [1]. This article prompted me to attempt to compile information on the various ways in which Balloon catheters and other devices based on the balloon principle have been used…

The right hypochondrium… Is it really “right”? A territorial dispute

Since the time one enters the realm of clinical medicine, the general area just inferior to the costal margins is introduced as the right and left hypochondriac regions (or, the right or the left hypochondrium). In the following discussion, I will confine myself to the example of the ‘right hypochondrium’.…

Soft drink consumption may increase risk of pancreatic cancer

Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly two-fold compared with individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.…

MEDICAL FOCUS

Acute diarrhea

Diarrhea is defined as either the passage of stools that are loose in consistency, the passage of 3 or more stools per day or the passage of at least…

DISCUSSION

RE: Aspirin Use as Treatment in Colorectal Cancer: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

Thank you for reading my article.  Interesting theory.  Lots of research is ongoing to figure out the many ways aspirin does it magic.

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