A retrospective study of patients with moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) found that statin use was associated with a 49% lower likelihood of IBD-related surgery.1 The study was published in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and was an observational (retrospective) assessment of the association between statin use and a clinical outcome (surgery).[1] The article goes on to mention the association of hormones with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms, with the text suggesting that hormonal factors are being investigated in IBS (with no specific numbers given in the user-provided information file).[1] Another part of the article states that there are efforts to confirm cure of hepatitis C more quickly, with diagnostic or surveillance approaches to confirm successful therapy discussed (with no specific data on speed or sensitivity in the text provided).[1] Tonsillectomy is also mentioned in the text, but the provided summary of the article does not provide details or statistics regarding its effect or outcomes.All of the above statements are based on the description of the content of the MedPage Today article and the information provided in the original article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/MedPage Today), as submitted by the user.1