Practice Management News

Healio Gastroenterology was delighted to honor its 2023 Healio Disruptive Innovators during a prestigious awards ceremony at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists were significantly less effective for weight loss among patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and regained weight, according to a presenter.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The outgoing ACG president delivered his address at the 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, highlighting the college’s many achievements and ongoing collegiality, as well as his personal gratitude to colleagues.

Health care workers face an escalating mental health crisis that is made worse by increased harassment, according to results from a new CDC Vital Signs report.

Titrated low-dose amitriptyline demonstrated effectiveness and tolerability as a second-line therapy for irritable bowel syndrome in primary care compared with placebo, a randomized study in the United Kingdom showed.

BOSTON — White and Black patients in rural areas face an increased risk for hospital-associated infections, and Black rural patients experience the highest risks for ICU admission an in-hospital death, researchers reported at IDWeek.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Healio Gastroenterology and its collaborators unveiled its newest class of Disruptive Innovators Award recipients during the 2023 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON — An analysis of nearly 150 blogs recommending milk alternatives for toddlers found that nearly half were run by people without any medical credentials, according to findings presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

The gut microbiome is linked to preexisting colorectal lesions, as well as future development of lesions, according to a presenter at UEG Week, and including microbiome biomarkers may improve noninvasive tests for colorectal cancer.

A computer-aided polyp detection system did not improve adenoma or polyp detection among colorectal cancer screening candidates in an outpatient setting in Germany, according to data presented at UEG Week.