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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AGA Guideline Makes the Case for Biomarkers in Managing Crohn's Disease
Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD, discusses the AGA guideline's key recommendations for managing Crohn's disease and the evolving role of biomarkers in these treatments.
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Fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Substantial Economic Burden
Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH, and colleagues found that healthcare resource utilization was significantly higher for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with fatigue than those without. The same was true for IBD-related and all-cause medical and pharmacy costs, regardless of IBD subtype or severity.
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Pathways Case Record: A Patient With Arteriovenous Malformations
A 68-year-old man with atrial fibrillation and recurrent melena was admitted with multiple episodes of dark, tarry stool and anemia. He was found to have small bowel arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). The Pathways Consult Service at Mass General investigated the etiology of this patient's gastrointestinal AVMs.
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Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia Generally Safe in Older Adults
Braden Kuo, MD, and colleagues have demonstrated pneumatic dilation for achalasia is safer, overall, for patients ≥65 years of age than for younger patients, as periprocedural adverse events occurred in 2.6% vs. 10.9% of patients (P=0.017).
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Review: The Evolving Role of Quantitative Ultrasound for Fatty Liver Disease
Arinc Ozturk, MD, Anthony E. Samir, MD, MPH, and colleagues say advances in ultrasound hardware, signal processing, computational efficiency, and analytic algorithm development have led to exciting new quantitative tools that promise to increase the reliability of diagnosing hepatic steatosis.
Digestive Health Contributors
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Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Daniel K. Podolsky 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
PPI, H2RA Use by Older Adults Not Associated With Dementia or Cognitive Impairment -
Angela K. Fitch, MD
Associate Director, Mass General Weight Center
Recent Article
Personalized Patient Care for the Treatment of Obesity -
Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Mass General, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
AGA Guideline Makes the Case for Biomarkers in Managing Crohn's Disease -
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 -
Daniel C. Chung, MD
Medical Co-Director, Center for Cancer Risk Assessment, Director, High-Risk GI Cancer Clinic, Mass General Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Pilot Study: Virtual Reality Is a Feasible Alternative to Narcotics During Colonoscopy -
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 -
Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Director of Clinical Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Division of Gastroenterology, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Initiating Oral Contraception Does Not Change Gut Microbiome in Healthy Women -
Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH, MMSc
Director, Fatty Liver Clinic, Mass General Gastrointestinal Unit, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Tobacco Use and Type 2 Diabetes Have Additive Effect on Risk of Fibrosis in Patients With MASLD -
Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MBA, MPH
Medical Director, Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Patient-reported Weight Agrees With Clinic Data One Year After Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery -
Ramnik Joseph Xavier, MD, PhD
Director, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Kurt J. Isselbacher Professor of Medicine in the Field of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Host Factors Identified That Regulate Latency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis -
Richard Aaron Hodin, MD
Warshaw Family 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 -
Tracey G. Simon, MD, MPH
Hepatologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Medical Grand Rounds: Updates in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma