Show Notes for March 2018 – Episode 18

* Effect of Hot Tea Consumption and Its  Interactions With Alcohol and Tobacco Use on the Risk for Esophageal  Cancer – Ann Int Med

* IDSA guidelines for C.diff – IDSA

* Effect of Low-Fat vs Low-Carbohydrate Diet on  12-Month Weight Loss in Overweight Adults – JAMA

* Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis harbor colonic biofilms containing tumorigenic bacteria – Science

* Accumulation of Heavy Metals in People on a Gluten-Free Diet – CGH

* Fructans, rather than gluten, indluces symptoms in patients with Non-celiac Gluten sensitivity. – Gastro

* Predictors of post-colonoscopy emergency department use – GIE

* Vedolizumab Concentrations in the Breastmilk of nursing Mothers with IBD – Gastro

* Low Rates of GI and Non-GI complications for Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopies -Gastro

* Hepatitis B virus reactivation during direct-acting antiviral therapy for Hep C – The Lancet Gastro

* Disagreement among gastroenterologists using the Mayo and Rutgeerts Endoscopic scores. – IBD Journal

* Noninvasive imaging biomarker assessment of  liver fibrosis by elastography in NAFLD – Nat Rev GI&Hep

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