GERD Perspective

• DDW 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from DDW 2022
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 13, 2022
• Comorbidities in IPF: Compounding a Heavy Burden   Pulmonologists at Yale School of Medicine explain idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); the impact of comorbidities on this incurable, progressive disease; and new directions in drug research.
  Medscape TV, May 10, 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
• Her Burning Feet: What to Try Next for Peripheral Neuropathy Dr Charles Vega's patient has persistent, painful neuropathy of her feet. After several treatment failures, what's left?
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 24, 2022
• 10 Considerations When Dilating Benign Esophageal Strictures   Dr David Johnson reviews a recently published set of expert tips and offers his own advice gleaned from more than 40 years of performing this procedure.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 10, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Semaglutide Do you know best practices for semaglutide, as well as interactions to avoid and adverse effects to watch for? Test yourself on this promising new drug with this short quiz.
  Medscape, January 20, 2022
• ILD Screening in Rheumatic Diseases: Strategies to Consider Two experts from Hospital for Special Surgery review the current landscape and evidence for interstitial lung disease screening in patients with connective tissue diseases.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, January 19, 2022
• Rumination Syndrome's Surprisingly High Global Prevalence   The largest-yet study of rumination syndrome leads Dr David Johnson to consider the best ways of differentiating it from other disorders.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, January 12, 2022
• Early Detection May Define the Future of Pancreatic Cancer Care   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Lynn Matrisian, PhD, MBA, chief science officer of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), about new screening tests for pancreatic cancer and the hope of finding this hard-to-diagnose condition earlier.
  WebMD, November 05, 2021
• When Your Patient Undergoes Bariatric Surgery   The Curbsiders share tips about the pre-op and post-op care of patients who have metabolic surgery.
  The Curbsiders, July 06, 2021
• What Practice Challenges Do You Face in the Treatment of Acute Migraine?   What's standing in our way? Dr. Randolph Evans takes on the many challenges of both diagnosing and taking on the obstacles to treating migraine.
  Medscape, June 28, 2021
• DDW 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from DDW 2021
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 19, 2021
• A 53-Year-Old Man With Worsening Heartburn Our question this week focuses on a concern about heartburn.
  Osmosis, March 19, 2021
• 6 Meds That Can Mess With Your Patient's Sex Life It is not uncommon for patients to skip medications that disrupt their sex lives. Here are six classes of drugs that warrant extra patient education.
  Medscape Urology, January 19, 2021
• How is Diarrhea Like Heavy Metal Music? 10 Medical Analogy Cartoons Practical patient education analogies are given a whimsical twist by physician-artist Mike Natter.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, January 08, 2021
• Chronic Cough: The Long Haul Approach   The Curbsiders share timely tips for managing the ever-so-common chronic cough in primary care.
  The Curbsiders, December 22, 2020
• Another Reason to Stop the PPI: Clinician Debate All of our readers agreed that a patient's PPI should be stopped. But their reasons for how and why varied.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 13, 2020
• Aortic Dissection: Still the Great Masquerader Dr Amal Mattu takes a look at acute aortic dissection and explains why William Osler cautioned humility when it comes to this tricky disorder.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, September 09, 2020
• Stop the PPI to Lower COVID-19 Risk? A patient wants to stop taking her proton pump inhibitor because she's heard that it increases risk for COVID. What would you recommend?
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 19, 2020
• PPIs and COVID-19 Risk: A Closer Look at the Data   Dr Darrell Gray discusses the strengths, limitations, and takeaways from this important new study.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 30, 2020