Practice Management News

In a Healio video exclusive, Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, urged gastroenterologists to familiarize themselves with a “four-pronged approach to liver disease” ahead of the critical shortage of U.S. hepatologists expected by 2033.

For most of us doctors, it’s the last thing we look at before bed and the first thing when we wake up: the screen of our smartphone or tablet.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ olezarsen, an investigational ligand-conjugated antisense drug for the treatment of familial chylomicronemia syndrome, according to a company release.

In our latest installment of Healio’s diversity, equity and inclusion series, Aileen Bui, MD, and her mentor, Jennifer Phan, MD, discussed managing gender-based bias in advanced endoscopy and how women can combat impostor syndrome.

COVID-19 may quadruple a person’s risk for chronic fatigue, new study findings suggest.

A pressing question on the mind of any practice owner when selling his or her practice is “how much money will I get?”

The term “wellness” has become increasingly popular in the general public at large, and within the medical community specifically.

Researchers reported low perioperative risk for complications among patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, with no clinically significant difference between groups, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

In this Healio video exclusive, Walker D. Redd, MD, discusses a study of patients with chronic diarrhea who underwent colonoscopy, which revealed 10% who had microscopic colitis “remained unaware” of their diagnosis 1 year after evaluation.

According to published results, preoperative depressive symptom burden treatment may improve patient-centered outcomes and health trajectories after surgery.