Gastroenterology

How a doctor presents themselves on social media can determine how effective it is in getting their message across while also maintaining a safe barrier between them and their patients.

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter may be regularly used by patients but some doctors have been slower to incorporate these tools into their practice.

When you become a doctor, it’s no secret that you will have to deal with people all day long. And, in the course of these many human interactions (sometimes under stressful circumstances), there are bound to be some awkward, uncomfortable and painfully silent moments.

Several patients suffering from obesity reported vast improvements in pain, physical function, and walking capacity after undergoing bariatric surgery, according to new research in JAMA.

Analysis of a multicenter cohort indicates that the causes of chronic pancreatitis vary significantly in men and women and that the phenotype of the disease is independent of patient sex.

Coffee has long been a comforting staple in most people’s morning routines.

What once began in slow motion is now rapidly accelerating. The house of medicine is on fire, not with passionate purpose, but with a majority of doctors who are burning out.

Normal gut microbiota development is disrupted with early life antibiotic use, according to findings published in Nature Communications.

About one in seven colorectal cancer patients are diagnosed before they reach the recommended screening age of 50 years, according to findings published in Cancer.

While hepatitis C is a largely treatable condition one of the biggest challenges remains identifying patients who may have the condition without even realizing it. As a result work is being done to improve testing rates to better treat this population.

You want some Listeria with that roast beef?

Autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Crohn’s disease are “gonna be defeatedâ€, according to findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In 2006, Massachusetts passed a healthcare insurance reform law that resembled the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) in many ways.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is a common bariatric procedure.

A trial designed to find a quick and definitive way to test for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in cystic fibrosis patients has instead discovered another feasible method that does not work.

The FDA has granted Roche expanded use of the company’s RNA test for hepatitis, which will allow the assay to be used as a diagnostic tool to confirm active infection in certain populations, the Swiss pharmaceutical company announced.

Biomarkers can predict which patients can best respond to chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A binge eating cycle damages the gut like a constant diet of junk food does, according to findings published in the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research.

An investigational therapy developed from healthy donor stool specimens treated with ethanol to eliminate pathogens—the resulting spores of which are fractionated and encapsulated for oral delivery as SER-109—appears to effectively treat recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.

Early antibiotic use has long been associated with many rare long-term health consequences in children.

The field of gastroenterology is as wide as the the amount of the body that it covers. Because of this there are certain challenges doctors face whether they treat the entire gastrointestinal system or just specific parts.

For patients dealing with a variety of conditions fecal microbiota transplantation may be the best option for treatment. Explaining the procedure to patients can sometimes be a delicate conversation for doctors with good results so far.

Whether it is medication or fecal microbiota transplantation work in the field of treating clostridium difficile is making great strides every day.

As the treatment for Crohn's disease moves away from steroids and surgery and towards less severe and more effective medications patients with the condition can look forward to a higher quality of life than they had in the past.

In a constantly evolving field like oncology it can be difficult for doctors not in specialized centers to keep up on the latest developments and direct their patients to people who can best help them. Because of this elite centers are working to improve education not only for patients but health care professionals as well.

For certain late stage abdominal cancer patients a specialized procedure called hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy can provide a "new lease on life," as a specialized treatment method.

For some of the 4.4 million American children and adolescents who are severely obese, bariatric surgery may be an option for weight reduction.

What do President Jimmy Carter and Kim Kardashian have in common? Well, probably nothing besides the fact that people’s perspectives on their health conditions were both examined in a recent study.

The gut microbe composition of infants who are six weeks old depends on their birth delivery method and how they are fed, suggests findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Older patients who undergo gastrointestinal surgery often develop delirium, according to findings published in the British Journal of Surgery.