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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Pathways Case Record: Small Fiber Neuropathy and Recurrent GI Infections
A 24-year-old woman with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, small fiber neuropathy, and impaired gastrointestinal (GI) motility presented with recurrent blood infections and bacteria in her gut. The Pathways Team investigated a relationship between the patient's neuropathy and recurrent GI bacterial infections.
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Red Meat Consumption Increases Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Women
In a large prospective cohort of U.S. women, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that a higher intake of red meat contributed to a significant, dose-dependent increased risk of developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and this association was largely mediated by obesity.
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Review: Digital Health for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Gastroenterologists at Massachusetts General Hospital are encouraging wider adoption of digital health tools to engage and manage patients who have functional gastrointestinal disorders, noting they enable more frequent patient–provider interactions and give patients greater agency over their care.
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Prolonged, Regular Aspirin Use Linked to Reduced Risk of Gastric Cancer in Women
In two large U.S. prospective cohorts, Sohee Kwon, MD, MPH, Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, and colleagues found an inverse relationship between aspirin use and gastric adenocarcinoma in women, expanding on prior research by examining aspirin use at a wide range of doses and durations over 34 years of follow-up.
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No Link Between Gluten Intake, Digestive System Cancers in People Without Celiac Disease
By analyzing data from three large U.S. longitudinal cohorts, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found individuals without celiac disease are unlikely to reduce their risk of digestive system cancers by following a low-gluten or gluten-free diet.
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
Red Meat Consumption Increases Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 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
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.