The Serious Conversation: Delivering Bad News by Telemedicine As office visits move online, clinicians discuss breaking life-changing diagnoses virtually Jul 13, 2020
Endoscopic Procedure Wins in Early Stomach Cancer In the U.S. and Canada, curative resection high, recurrence low -- and learning curve steep Jun 22, 2020
GI Issues in Kids With COVID-19 MIS-C May Muddy Diagnosis Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome symptoms could mimic less toxic GI infections, IBD Jun 09, 2020
End of Life and COVID-19; DCIS Doubles Cancer Risk; Training for 'Bad News' News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 28, 2020
High-Dose Vitamin D Disappoints for Preventing Crohnβs Recurrence No benefit seen despite substantial increase in serum 25-OH-D May 27, 2020
Drugs Helped Stop Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass Half of patients in retrospective study regained a third of lost weight May 27, 2020
Biologics Don't Increase Melanoma Risk... Probably Meta-analysis offers some reassurance, but leaves room for doubt May 20, 2020
Remdesivir Safety Forecast: Watch the Liver, Kidneys Data remain sparse, but a few risks are emerging May 19, 2020
Interval Resection Does Not Cut Surgery or Death in Complex Diverticulitis Study findings run counter to U.S. guidelines and support more conservative management May 14, 2020
An Argument for Losing Weight Prior to Bariatric Surgery Study suggests reduction in already low mortality risk May 14, 2020
Environmental Chemical Exposure Tied to Celiac Disease Risk was much higher in females than males May 12, 2020
Blood Test Promising as Colorectal Cancer Screen In early study, better numbers than with current alternatives to colonoscopy May 07, 2020
Ranitidine Cancer Risk: Health Records Offer Reassurance Huge study finds no indication that nitrosamine contamination affected real-world outcomes May 05, 2020
For IBS Patients, Cannabis Linked to Fewer Rehospitalizations, Shorter Stays 30-day readmission rate and overall costs were lower in cannabis users May 05, 2020
Fatty Liver Afflicts Most 9/11 'Ground Zero' Workers Researchers blame toxin exposure during recovery and cleanup effort Apr 30, 2020
AGA: Pause IBD Meds When Patients Have COVID-19 Biologics and other drugs best delayed, new guidance suggests Apr 14, 2020
Heat-Inactivated Probiotic May Ease IBS Symptoms Patients report improvement with non-viable bacteria in placebo-controlled trial Apr 09, 2020
Some COVID-19 Patients Present With GI Symptoms Only And these cases may be unknowingly spreading virus, authors say Mar 31, 2020
Liraglutide a Viable Add-On for Kids With Obesity Numerically small but statistically and clinically significant benefit Mar 31, 2020
DOAC Works in Cancer-Related VTE, No Tradeoff in Bleeds Apixaban monotherapy matches dalteparin in non-inferiority trial Mar 29, 2020
Organ Transplant: 'Essential' Surgery in a Time of Pandemic Centers describe the tough choices, strategies, and outcomes they're seeing Mar 26, 2020
'Gently' Zapping Gut With Electricity Relieved Constipation in Women TES holds promise for patients with refractory constipation symptoms Mar 25, 2020
Study: Any Polyps Raise Risk of Colorectal Cancer Only three types, however, increased mortality Mar 23, 2020
Respiratory and GI Symptoms? Don't Rule Out COVID-19 Commentary also urges PPE use given potential fecal shedding of virus Mar 17, 2020
CRC: Upfront, Re-Introduction of FOLFOXIRI Most Effective, but at What Cost? Modest survival improvement comes with side effects, toxicity even in healthiest patients Mar 13, 2020
Study: COVID-19 Is Also Spread by Fecal-Oral Route Also new: Like SARS, COVID-19 may induce liver damage Mar 09, 2020
Study: Robotic Whipple Has Advantages Over Open Surgery But the learning curve is steep, researchers caution Mar 06, 2020
Electrical Stimulation Tx Promising for Refractory Constipation Durable and clinically significant improvement seen in small trial Mar 04, 2020
Docs Said It Was Cancer; She Didn't Believe Them, and She Was Right What a 60-year-old refugee taught me about skepticism of medical professionals Feb 24, 2020
Most Smokers Who Quit Before Bariatric Surgery End Up Smoking Again Even some nonsmokers picked up the habit, despite the risks Feb 21, 2020
Dumpster Diver Eats Sushi From Gas Station. What Happened Next? Fishy food habits send this money-saving college student to the hospital Feb 20, 2020
Crohn's Boosts Risk of Death From Colorectal Cancer Results suggest groups for targeted surveillance, researchers say Feb 19, 2020
What Lorcaserin Did for Me Journalist who used weight-loss drug for a year -- and lost a lot of weight -- reflects on the recent news Feb 14, 2020
Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control? One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets Feb 12, 2020
Escalating Stelara Dose Possible in Unresponsive Crohn's Real-world data demonstrates efficacy among subpopulation Jan 26, 2020
Doublet for BRAF-Mutant Colon Cancer Heads to FDA No need for triplet, encorafenib plus cetuximab matches OS in updated analysis Jan 25, 2020
Colectomies for UC Decline in the Era of Biologics But use of multiple new agents may mean procedure for ulcerative colitis is just delayed Jan 25, 2020
Physiological Stress Measures Predict Ulcerative Colitis Flares Unpacking the link between the brain and the microbiome Jan 25, 2020
Informed Consent: Docs Should Ask Permission to Touch It's 2020, and no, it's not implied by patient's mere presence in exam room Jan 16, 2020