Changes in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines have left many clinicians wondering what the best option is. On Tuesday, AGA is staging a ‘cage match’ session that will pit top experts in the field against one another to help DDW® attendees judge for themselves.
Burnout is more than growing tired of doing the same thing over and over. It’s a state of emotional exhaustion that results in depersonalized interactions with patients, colleagues, family and friends, according to Arthur DeCross, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, NY.
Until the advent of corticosteroids and colectomy, nearly a third of inpatients with ulcerative colitis died of their disease. Even with effective treatments available, challenges remain in the medical and surgical management of these patients.
A good pathologist can be a gastroenterologist’s best friend. A good GI pathologist, that is.
A panel of experts will discuss the evolving science and best practices for treating motility disorders on Sunday during the annual Josephine and Michael Camilleri, MD, Lecture — Motility Matters 2017: An Interactive Forum to Debate What Progress the Field Has Made in the Treatment of GI Motility Disorders.
Men and women are not created equal when it comes to GI disorders. Hormonal and anatomic differences play roles in disease risk and development. Even the endoscopist’s gender can make a difference.
A new survey of AGA members indicates that 89 percent of endoscopists are at risk for musculoskeletal injuries. The study also revealed gender-based differences in the types of injuries sustained when performing endoscopy.
Five experts will discuss the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) during Monday’s DDW® Clinical Symposium, GERD: From Diagnosis to Testing and Therapy, which is
Four experts will help clinicians take the uncertainty out of the diagnosis and management of incidental liver lesions during Monday’s DDW® Clinical Symposium, Incidental Liver
Gut microbiome studies have powered their way to the top of basic gastroenterology science, expanding the understanding of how the microbiome can interact with epithelial
