Specialty Digestive Health
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Get an Update
With input from a Massachusetts General Hospital gastroenterologist, new colonoscopy guidelines update the ages to begin and end colorectal cancer screening.
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Midlife Antibiotic Use Linked to Subsequent Cognitive Decline in Women
Francine Grodstein, ScD, Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, Raaj S. Mehta, MD, and colleagues found that chronic antibiotic use by women during the sixth decade of life was associated with minor decreases in cognitive scores assessed an average of seven years later.
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Initiating Screening Before Age 50 Reduces Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that starting endoscopic screening before age 50 is associated with a greater reduction in the absolute risk of colorectal cancer compared with starting at later ages. The data support national recommendations to start screening at age 45 for average-risk individuals.
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Human Intestinal Virome Can Provoke Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Protect Against It
Kate L. Jeffrey, PhD, Fatemeh Adiliaghdam, MD, MPH, and colleagues found the intestinal virome autonomously contributes to human health, but when perturbed, can trigger inflammation and provoke inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The results have implications for novel virus-based IBD therapies.
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Different Brands of Continuous Glucose Monitors Yield Similar Measurements in Healthy Individuals
Jordi Merino, PhD, of the Diabetes Unit, and colleagues found good agreement between continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) of different brands when measuring glycemic responses to different foods and meals. Their findings suggest CGMs could someday be used to provide precision nutrition advice to healthy individuals.
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Pathways Case Record: A Patient With Cirrhosis and Small Bowel Edema
A 39-year-old man presented with an acute episode of severe epigastric pain, and initial evaluation revealed extensive small bowel edema and C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency. The Pathways Service team was consulted to investigate the pathophysiologic mechanism for his dramatic small bowel edema.
Digestive Health Contributors
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Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director for Cancer Epidemiology, Mass General Cancer Center, Chief, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine
Recent Article
Midlife Antibiotic Use Linked to Subsequent Cognitive Decline in Women
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Angela K. Fitch, MD
Associate Director, Mass General Weight Center
Recent Article
Personalized Patient Care for the Treatment of Obesity
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Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center, Mass General, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Medicare Data Suggest Vedolizumab Safe, Effective in Older Adults with IBD
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Cristina R. Ferrone, MD
Surgical Director of the Liver Program, Division of General Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Advances in Liver Surgery at the Mass General Liver Center
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Daniel C. Chung, MD
Clinical Chief, Gastrointestinal Unit, Director, High-Risk GI Cancer Clinic
Recent Article
Pilot Study: Virtual Reality Is a Feasible Alternative to Narcotics During Colonoscopy
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA
Obesity Medicine Physician for Adults, Adolescents, and Children, Mass General Weight Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Affiliated Faculty, MGH Mongan Institute of Health Policy and Associate, MGH Disparities Solution Center
Recent Article
Review: Weight Regulation in Menopause
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Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist | Internist
Recent Article
Frailty Assessment May Be Useful for Risk Stratification of Older Adults With IBD
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Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH
Director, Fatty Liver Clinic, Mass General Gastrointestinal Unit, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Cardiovascular Disease Independently Associated with NAFLD in People with HIV
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Matthew M. Hutter, MD
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
The Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery: Measuring and Improving the Quality of Surgical Care
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Ramnik Joseph Xavier, MD, PhD
Director, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Kurt Isselbacher Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Multi-omics Approach Detects Gut Microbiome–mediated Metabolism Effects on Immunity
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Richard Aaron Hodin, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Improving Patient Outcomes with J-Pouch Surgery
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Tracey G. Simon, MD, MPH
Hepatologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Red Meat Consumption Increases Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Women
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.