Specialty Digestive Health
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Pharmacotherapy as Adjunct Treatment After Bariatric Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians use weight-loss medications after bariatric surgery to help patients lose weight and control weight regain.
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Physical Activity Reduces Chronic Liver Disease Mortality Risk
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have demonstrated for the first time that exercise is an independent determinant of mortality from cirrhosis and its complications.
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Bariatric Surgery in the Time of COVID-19
Earlier this year, clinicians and researchers identified the disease of obesity as a risk factor for serious cases of COVID-19. Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MPH, explores the relationship between obesity and COVID-19, and discusses the benefits of pursuing bariatric surgery in this time.
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Low-dose Gabapentin Significantly Improves Symptoms of Functional Dyspepsia
In the first study of its kind, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers showed that low-dose gabapentin is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for patients presenting with functional dyspepsia.
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Update on the Use of Human Antibody Bamlanivimab to Treat COVID-19: Q&A with Michael Dougan, MD, PhD
In this Q&A, Michael Dougan, MD, explains the interim results of the bamlanivimab clinical trial based on his experience with the trial at Massachusetts General Hospital, what has been learned about the therapy to date and what still needs to be studied for this drug to become a standard of care to treat COVID-19.
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Restrictive Eating Disorders May Disrupt White Matter Development
In the first study of its kind, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that high levels of ghrelin, ordinarily a neuroprotective hormone, are associated with decreased white matter in late- and post-pubertal females who have anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa.
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
Physical Activity Reduces Chronic Liver Disease Mortality Risk
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Angela K. Fitch, MD
Associate Director, Mass General Weight Center
Recent Article
Intermittent Fasting: Prescribed Nutritional Intervention
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Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center
Recent Article
Weight Gain Is Modest Across Classes of Biologic Therapy for 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
Using Minimally Invasive Liver Resection to Treat Liver Masses
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Daniel C. Chung, MD
Clinical Chief, Gastrointestinal Unit, Director, High-Risk GI Cancer Clinic
Recent Article
Review: Pathways of Colorectal Carcinogenesis
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA
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
Taking Stock of Diversity and Inclusion in the Health Care Workforce
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Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist
Recent Article
Greater Fruit and Vegetable Intake Linked to Lower Risk of Diverticulosis
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Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH
Director, Fatty Liver Clinic, Mass General Gastrointestinal Unit
Recent Article
Advanced Fibrosis Predicts Nonfatal CVD in NAFLD Patients
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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
Bariatric Surgery in the Time of COVID-19
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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
Electronic Health Records Can Be Used to Validate Genetic Determinants of Treatment Response in IBD
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Richard Aaron Hodin, MD
Chief for Academic Affairs, Mass General Department of Surgery, Surgical Director, Mass General Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Tracey G. Simon, MD
Hepatologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Physical Activity Reduces Chronic Liver Disease Mortality Risk
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.
