Gastroenterology Perspective

• Lessons Learned on Guiding Ulcerative Colitis Patients Through Difficult Treatment Decisions   Sandra Quezada, MD, reflects on the lessons and language she learned from her mentor, Raymond Cross, MD, to help patients with ulcerative colitis face difficult treatment decisions.
  Medscape, May 05, 2022
• Aspirin in Primary Prevention of CVD: Rational Use   The aspirin question returns as the balance of benefits vs harms for some patient groups is reassessed.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 04, 2022
• Paxlovid Is Here: A Pharmacist's Prescribing Pearls An effective oral medication for COVID-19 is now available. Michael Ganio, PharmD, offers tips on how to prescribe it safely, where to find it in your area, and how it works with the Test to Treat program.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 03, 2022
• Why I Recommend Hepatitis B Vaccination to All My Patients   New age-based hepatitis B vaccine recommendations and available vaccine products are reviewed by Dr Sandra Fryhofer.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 03, 2022
• New Barrett's Esophagus Guidelines May Be Practice-Changing   Dr David Johnson discusses the impact these guidelines will have on the diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of this common condition.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 03, 2022
• The Case for 'Safe' Step Therapy   David Kerr discusses step therapy, focusing on the potential to provide more access to innovative cancer medicines globally.
  Medscape Oncology, May 02, 2022
• What to Know About New Guidelines on Systemic HCC Therapy Dr Nancy Reau speaks with HCC expert Dr Amit Singal on how these 11 new recommendations may change how you approach this increasingly common cancer.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 29, 2022
• Cure, Prevent, or Manage All Disease: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Bold Plan Is Already Working   Dr Eric Topol sits down with Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to talk about the next phase of their ambitious Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
  Medscape, April 28, 2022
• Best CRC Treatment De-intensification: Better Screening   Mark Lewis, MD, discusses the decline in colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic and his hopes for the future.
  Medscape Oncology, April 27, 2022
• Could a Cold Virus Be Causing Severe Hepatitis in Kids?   F. Perry Wilson breaks down the data on what may be responsible, and what is probably a red herring.
  Medscape, April 26, 2022
• Infographic: Physician Incomes Gain, Pay Gaps Remain The Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2022 infographic shows growth in physician income, specialties with biggest pay gains, and pay disparities between men and women and between ethnic groups.
  Medscape, April 22, 2022
• Animal Reservoirs, Immunocompromised Hosts: COVID Dangers Ahead   Stanford's Benjamin Pinsky on the potential for even more transmissible and pathogenic versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to arise.
  Medscape, April 21, 2022
• Battling Obesity by Breaking Down Barriers Two primary care physicians detail their experiences in treating those with obesity through a community-based dedicated weight clinic after receiving their obesity medicine certification.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 19, 2022
• Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2022: Incomes Gain, Pay Gaps Remain Income is starting to recover for many physicians, who are still trying to overcome a very tough year.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, April 15, 2022
• A Surprising Cause of Abdominal Pain and Other GI Symptoms   Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses two patients with surprising causes of gastrointestinal symptoms.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 14, 2022
• Gastroenterologists Can Do Better at Managing Antithrombotics   We need to be more mindful of stopping anticoagulants/antiplatelets during acute GI bleeds and endoscopy, says Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 14, 2022
• The Gastroenterologist's Guide to Food Allergies Food-related reactions can cause significant GI discomfort, but the right diagnostic tools can catch them in your patients, according to allergist Dr Clifford Bassett.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 11, 2022
• Eric Topol: 'I Still Have My Guard Up'   Why we should be shifting into high gear on treatments for long COVID and a pan-beta-coronavirus vaccine.
  Medscape, April 08, 2022
• Is Saturated Fat or Carbohydrates Worse for the Liver? Dr. Caroline Apovian discusses whether fat or carbohydrate overfeeding is more likely to lead to the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 07, 2022
• How to Prescribe Food as Medicine "Farmacy" prescriptions -- an idea whose time has come, says lifestyle physician Cate Collings.
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 04, 2022