Latest Gastroentrology Articles

• Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality April 8, 2021
  Concern over the health effects of poor-quality carbohydrate foods and beverages has increased the popularity of so-called low-carbohydrate diets. Poor-quality carbohydrate foods include those that contain a low amount of fiber, a higher percentage of refined grains than whole grains, and a high…
• A Microbiota-Directed Food Intervention for Undernourished Children April 7, 2021
  Childhood undernutrition is a global health challenge that produces impaired ponderal and linear growth (wasting and stunting), immune and metabolic dysfunction, altered development of the central nervous system (CNS), and other abnormalities. Acute malnutrition in children is classified by the…
• Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer April 1, 2021
  Esophageal cancer, the seventh most common cancer globally, accounts for more than half a million deaths each year. The incidence of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma, the most common histologic type, has been stable, whereas the incidences of esophageal and gastroesophageal junction…