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An online series introduces people with IBD to yoga, meditation and breathing exercises to help relieve symptoms.
An online video and audio series aims to introduce people with inflammatory bowel disease to yoga, meditation and breathing exercises from the comfort of their own homes.
Up to 80% of people with IBD should receive infliximab in shorter intervals than is conventionally administered.
Up to 80% of people with inflammatory bowel disease should receive infliximab in shorter intervals than is conventionally administered, starting during induction, new research shows.
The Scope: Michael Weinstein, MD, talks about how to turn battleships during the pandemic, and what the future looks like for GI groups.
Michael Weinstein, MD, the president of Capital Digestive Care in Washington, D.C., on how to turn battleships during the pandemic.
Don’t overlook CRC in patients with AFib.
For patients with atrial fibrillation, bloody stool may not be just a side effect of blood-thinning medications.
COVID-19 has created a financial crisis for many U.S. hospitals. Will government relief be enough?
COVID-19 has created a financial crisis for many U.S. hospitals, with no easy way out.
Why do polyp detection rates vary so dramatically across VA centers?
Why would endoscopists at one veterans hospital have a polyp detection rate of only 18%, whereas those at another one boast a 73% rate—a fourfold difference? That’s a question raised by a study submitted to the 2020 Digestive Disease Week (abstract Mo1600).
In this episode of The Scope, Michael Weinstein, MD, the president of Capital Digestive Care talks about how to turn battleships during the pandemic, and what the future looks like for GI groups.
Michael Weinstein, MD, the president of Capital Digestive Care in Washington, D.C., on how to turn battleships during the pandemic.
The rise of the GI hospitalist.
In a 1996 article in The New England Journal of Medicine, Robert M. Wachter, MD, and Lee Goldman, MD, predicted that the ascendance of managed care and its demands for efficiency would spur a “new breed” of physicians called “hospitalists,” who would transform the American he...
For patients with atrial fibrillation, GI bleeding may not be just a side effect of blood-thinning medications.
For patients with atrial fibrillation, bloody stool may not be just a side effect of blood-thinning medications.
The debates commence with two diametrically opposed views on whether or not laparoscopy can be safely used in patients infected with COVID19.
This year’s debates commence with two diametrically opposed views on whether or not laparoscopy can be safely used in patients infected with COVID-19.
Those who reported using PPIs twice a day were nearly 4x as likely to test positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
People who take proton pump inhibitors for gastric reflux may be at increased risk for contracting the virus that causes COVID-19, new research shows.
On the Spot: Debates in colorectal surgery 2020.
This year’s debates commence with two diametrically opposed views on whether or not laparoscopy can be safely used in patients infected with COVID-19.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Keytruda Merck the first immunotherapy approved as first-line monotherapy for patients with CRC.
The FDA approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair–deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer (CRC). This is the first immunotherapy approved for this patient population as...
What’s not to love about disposable endoscopic devices?
Disposable endoscopic devices may be good for infection control, but they are not good for the environment according to a Dartmouth study that quantified the environmental impact of endoscopic waste.
In Part 2 of the two-part edition of The Regueiro Report, Miguel Regueiro, MD, highlights several abstracts submitted to the 2020 Digestive Disease Week.
In Part 2 of the two-part edition of The Regueiro Report, Miguel Regueiro, MD, a professor of medicine and the chair of the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, highlights several abstracts submitted to the 2020 Digestive Disease Week.
People who take PPIs for gastric reflux may be at increased risk for contracting COVID-19.
People who take proton pump inhibitors for gastric reflux may be at increased risk for contracting the virus that causes COVID-19, new research shows.
The Scope: How practices can survive, and thrive, in the COVID-19 ERA.
Endoscopy consultant Scott Fraser joins us again to talk about how GI practices can leverage their EHR systems into a revenue stream, and offers more survival tips for the pandemic era.
Disposable endoscopic devices may be good for infection control, but they are not good for the environment.
Disposable endoscopic devices may be good for infection control, but they are not good for the environment according to a Dartmouth study that quantified the environmental impact of endoscopic waste.
The Scope: How practices can survive, and thrive, in the COVID-19 ERA.
Endoscopy consultant Scott Fraser joins us again to talk about how GI practices can leverage their EHR systems into a revenue stream, and offers more survival tips for the pandemic era.
The Scope: Scott Fraser joins us again to talk about how GI practices can leverage their EHR systems, and offers more survival tips in the COVID-19 era.
Endoscopy consultant Scott Fraser joins us again to talk about how GI practices can leverage their EHR systems into a revenue stream, and offers more survival tips for the pandemic era.
For better clinical trials, engage patients.
Sandra Zelinsky is an expert patient. Diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 19, and breast cancer in 2019 at 36, Ms. Zelinsky has been living with life-altering illnesses for more than a quarter-century.
Initiating colorectal cancer screening starting at 40 years of age is cost-effective.
Initiating colorectal cancer screening starting at 40 years of age is cost-effective, a new study has found.
Patient navigators boost diagnostic follow-up after positive FIT.
The likelihood that people will complete diagnostic follow-up after a fecal immunochemical test comes back positive is increased by use of patient navigators, according to a program developed at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: Diagnosis, evaluation, and management.
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) are increasingly encountered incidentally due to the widespread use of abdominal cross-sectional imaging.
Could an ingestible electrostimulation capsule treat obesity?
Barcelona, Spain—Ingestible capsules are widely used for endoscopic evaluation of small-bowel disease.
Is patient engagement the secret to better clinical trials?
Sandra Zelinsky is an expert patient. Diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 19, and breast cancer in 2019 at 36, Ms. Zelinsky has been living with life-altering illnesses for more than a quarter-century.
Revisiting the extraordinary vaccine efforts in the 1918 flu pandemic.
In the winter of 1917-1918, patients with a particularly harsh form of influenza began appearing in the office of Dr. Loring Miner, a physician in Haskell County, Kan.
Could an ingestible electrostimulation capsule treat obesity?
Barcelona, Spain—Ingestible capsules are widely used for endoscopic evaluation of small-bowel disease.
Initiating colorectal cancer screening starting at 40 years of age is cost-effective.
Initiating colorectal cancer screening starting at 40 years of age is cost-effective, a new study has found.
“Navigators increased the rate of diagnostic follow-up after a positive FIT by 32.5%.” Vivy Cusumano, MD.
The likelihood that people will complete diagnostic follow-up after a fecal immunochemical test comes back positive is increased by use of patient navigators, according to a program developed at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The Scope: We speak with Elliot Newman, MD, about caring for cancer patients during the pandemic.
On this episode of The Scope, we speak with Elliot Newman, MD, the chief of surgical oncology, pancreas and hepatobiliary surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, and a professor of surgery at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, about caring for cancer patients during the pandemic.
Could fecal microbiota transplants treat ulcerative colitis in children?
Montreal—One of the first studies of its kind has found that serial fecal microbiota transplants in children with active ulcerative colitis led to greater improvements in serum and stool inflammatory markers as well as clinical response than did placebo.
Phase 2 data show long-term efficacy for Risankizumab in Crohn’s Disease.
The interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor risankizumab maintains long-term clinical and endoscopic remission in up to 77% of patients with Crohn’s disease who achieve remission with induction treatment, data from a phase 2, open-label study showed.
Patients with Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis might benefit most from patient engagement and care coordination to improve outcomes and control costs.
What can the stock market teach gastroenterologists about the cost of inflammatory bowel disease? More than you might think.
Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: Diagnosis, evaluation, and management.
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) are increasingly encountered incidentally due to the widespread use of abdominal cross-sectional imaging.
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We spent a lot of time talking to physicians on their research while exploring Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®). Have you caught our lastest chat with Dejan Radenkovic, MD, PhD, from the University of Belgrade, in Serbia? In it, he discusses the management of abdominal compartment syndrome in acute pancreatitis. Check out the full video on our website: https://bit.ly/2X3W0A9.
Treatment options are not always readily available for those suffering from hepatitis C. To increase care for patients who are also injection drug users, Imtiaz Alam, MD, of the Austin Hepatitis Center in Texas, has created an online program. Watch the rest here: https://bit.ly/2GHCqFo #hepatitis #hepatitisC #hepC #liver #virus #hepatology #opioids #opioidepidemic #gut #health #GI #healthtalk #medicine #wellness #healthcare
Even with new treatments to combat hepatitis C, some are still experiencing roadblocks to care—specifically those that don't even know they have the infection. In California, Maria N. Ortiz, MPH, and her colleagues are remedying this by expanding screening for hep C. Watch the full video on Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News: https://gastroendonews.com/Multimedia/Article/02-19/Boosting-Detection-of-HCV-in-California-/54116 #hepatitis #hepC #virus #infections #healthcare #opioids #opioidepidemic #babyboomers #hepatology #healthtalk
Next on "The Real GI": We asked second-year GI fellows Amitabh Bhanvadia & David DiCaprio how people react when they tell them they work in gastroenterology. See what they say here!
Next on "The Real GI": Lenox Hill Hospital GI fellowship program director David Robbins, MD Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy gives job advice to his third-years Elena A. Ivanina & Kelly Teagle. Watch below!
Next on "The Real GI": Second-year Lenox Hill Hospital GI fellows Amitabh Bhanvadia & David DiCaprio share 3 tips for first years! Watch here!
Third-year GI fellow Kelly Teagle and her co-fellow Elena A. Ivanina ask program director David Robbins, MD Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy about how he came to work at Lenox Hill Hospital. Watch below!
Flashback to the 2017 Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®): We spoke with members of the Philippine Society of Gastroenterology about some of the most common Gastrointestinal diseases that affect Filipinos and why there is a growing prevalence of Colon Cancer in the Philippines. Watch below!
Reem Sharaiha, MD, MSc, director of Bariatric Endoscopy at Weill Cornell Medicine, talked about obesity as a growing problem and the role that gastroenterologists can play when treating patients with obesity at the 2017 Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®). Watch below!
Reem Sharaiha, MD, MSc, director of Bariatric Endoscopy at Weill Cornell Medicine, discussed her study on the benefits of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty compared to surgery at the 2017 Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®). You can read her study here: http://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(17)34021-0/pdf. Watch below!
Austin Chiang, MD MPH & Allison Yang, MD, talk about what they've taken away from fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Check out their video from the 2017 Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®)!
From the 2017 Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®), Austin Chiang, MD MPH & Allison Yang, MD, talk about the role of social media in medicine. Watch below!
From the 2017 Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®), Austin Chiang, MD MPH and his former Brigham and Women's Hospital co-fellow Allison Yang, MD, talk about their future plans in fellowship and some posters that they saw at the conference. (Hint: Ergonomics in Endoscopy & Women in GI!) Watch below!
From Maimonides Medical Center to Lenox Hill Hospital, third-year GI fellows Drs. Elena A. Ivanina & Kelly Teagle talk about how their friendship (and scoping skills) grew over the past six years :) Check out the cuteness overload below. #skyoot #frandz #dontmindthewaiter
Next on "The Real GI": Lenox Hill Hospital GI fellows Drs. Kelly Teagle & Elena A. Ivanina ask each other what they hope to accomplish in their third and final year of fellowship. Watch their interview below!
Next on "The Real GI" at Lenox Hill Hospital: First year fellow Andrew Nguyen, DO, recently got over the stress of holding a scope for the first time, but now the boards are on his mind! Watch his interview below!
Next on "The Real GI": Program director David Robbins, MD Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy shows us how the game "Operation" helps gastroenterologists improve their polypectomy skills. Watch below!
Next on "The Real GI": David Robbins, MD Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy talks about the difficulty of choosing two fellows out of 400 applications, what he and the admissions committee look for in a candidate, and the best part about being a fellowship director at Lenox Hill Hospital. Watch his interview below!
Next on "The Real GI": David Robbins, MD Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy, says he's eager to start his sixth year as fellowship program director. He said Lenox Hill Hospital has a "small-town" feel and is full of fun characters, but reassures us that his fellows will be working hard in clinicals this year. Watch his interview below!
Next on "The Real GI": Former hospitalist Francis Okeke, MD, MPH, said that despite being an experienced physician, GI will be entirely new for him. But he's all "gung ho and ready to go" to start at Lenox Hill Hospital! Watch his interview below!
Next on "The Real GI" at Lenox Hill Hospital: Dr. Andrew Nguyen says being a first-year GI fellow is almost like "being on the bottom of the totem pole" because he has to learn everything from scratch. But his love for GI pathophysiology keeps him going. We also ask him if he's held a scope yet. Watch his interview below!
Next on "The Real GI": Amitabh Bhanvadia, MD, second-year fellow at Lenox Hill Hospital, said having a sense of humor in GI goes a long way. Watch his interview below!
Next on "The Real GI": David DiCaprio, DO, loved learning about all the new GI procedures during his first year, but now he's looking forward to doing some "soul-searching" in his second year at Lenox Hill Hospital. Watch his video below!
Next on "The Real GI": Elena A. Ivanina, DO, MPH, third-year fellow at Lenox Hill Hospital, tells us about getting a masters in public health, how much she likes GI, and what she's looking forward to in fellowship this year. Watch her interview below!
On the next installment of "The Real GI" at Lenox Hill Hospital, we introduce third-year fellow Dr. Kelly Teagle and ask her what drew her to GI and what's in store for her this year. Watch her video below!
The Weill Cornell Medicine fellows share some advice they have for incoming first years. Watch below!
As the fellows at Weill Cornell Medicine end their first year, we asked Dr. Nicole Shen if she'll miss anything about it and what she most looks forward to as she transitions into her second year.
Dr. Shawn Shah shares his best clinical moment during his first year of fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine. Hint: it involves a recurrent GI bleeder. Watch below!
Dr. Vikas Gupta reflects on his best clinical moment during his first year of GI fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine. Watch below!
Matt Symer, MD, clinical research fellow and surgery resident from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital said that some surgeons and older physicians think that alerts from a patient mobile app could interrupt their workflow, so he and his colleagues tailored their app to show the most important alerts. Part II of his interview with us at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®). Watch here!
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