Practice Management News

Gastroenterologists face a unique set of challenges that can significantly affect their work-life integration.

WASHINGTON — “Even at short intervals,” an intermittent low-calorie, plant-based diet may improve inflammation and response to medical therapy among patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, according to a presenter.

WASHINGTON — Provider recommendation was a major influencer for colonoscopy screening for young adults at average risk for colorectal cancer, especially non-Hispanic Black patients, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

WASHINGTON — In a Healio video exclusive, Saqr Alsakarneh, MD, MSc, describes “significant disparities” in race, ethnicity and sex among participants enrolled clinical trials for liver transplantation in the U.S.

WASHINGTON — The Primary Obesity Surgery Endoluminal 2.0 procedure is a “safe, effective and durable option” for weight loss and improvement in obesity-related conditions, according to a presenter.

DESTIN, Fla. — Pinpointing rare subtypes of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is crucial, as the consequences of overlooking them could be deadly, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

Life as a health care professional can be stressful, but there is a quick technique that can combat feelings of tension.

In honor of International Celiac Awareness Day, landmarks in the U.S. and around the globe will once again light up on May 16 to promote the #ShineALightOnCeliac social media campaign to encourge awareness and additional research.

A physician practice owner’s week is spent seeing and caring for patients and managing the day-to-day issues of the practice.

Endoscopists are exposed to dangerous levels of air pollutants when performing smoke-producing gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures — “comparable to smoking a cigarette” during a single procedure, according to researchers.