What's Hot in Gastroenterology

The Medication That Patients Were Itching to Try Dr William Balistreri comments on the considerable promise of novel therapies for intractable cholestatic pruritus.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 23, 2022
Alarming Global Rise in Pediatric Hepatitis: Expert Q&A Pediatric hepatologist Dr William Balistreri shares his insights on the mysterious, possibly adenovirus-related outbreak.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 05, 2022
GI Involvement May Signal Risk for MIS-C After COVID Dr William Balistreri comments on data linking gastrointestinal symptoms to this life-threatening complication, and COVID vaccines' efficacy at preventing it.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 28, 2022
COVID-19 and Liver Disease: Answering the Key Questions A trove of new data is bringing clarity regarding the impact of COVID-19 on patients with liver disease, although there's still much to learn.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 18, 2021
The Mediterranean Diet Gets a Green Boost Modifying the Mediterranean diet with additional green plant-based proteins/polyphenols results in intriguing benefits.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 18, 2021
Counseling Adolescents With Obesity: Lead With the Evidence Dr William F. Balistreri comments on the data surrounding the consequences of obesity in young people and the most effective interventions.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 23, 2021
Lessons Learned During COVID-19 Will Help Us Better Treat HCV In figuring out how to practice during a pandemic, we may have also learned new skills for monitoring and treating patients with HCV, says Dr William Balistreri.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 21, 2021
Why Biliary Atresia Demands Our Respect Dr William Balistreri explains how interceding quickly can help limit the devastating effects of this rare disease in infants.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 19, 2020
Treating Liver Disease During COVID-19: New Recommendations Guidance from the AASLD comes with a disclaimer but still offers valuable insights to clinicians, says Dr William F. Balistreri.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 14, 2020
The Time to Eradicate Hepatitis C Is Now Dr William Balistreri says new guidelines recommending expansive screening may be daunting, but they are absolutely crucial if we want to progress further.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 17, 2020
Gluten, Revisited: The Latest Facts on a Popular Culprit Dr William Balistreri explains what many people still get wrong when they decide to 'go against the grain.'
Experts And Viewpoints, February 26, 2020
Global Nutrition Crisis: What in the World Is Going On? Dr William Balistreri on three recent Lancet reports that outline possible solutions to the converging crises of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 10, 2019
Discarded No More: HCV-Infected Organs Advance Transplantation Direct-acting antiviral therapy has made the use of HCV-infected organs a reality. Here is an inside look at one liver transplant program as they deliberate this option for their patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 03, 2019
Lack of Probiotic Benefit for Acute Pediatric Gastroenteritis Dr William F. Balistreri on two new trials that show, at least when it comes to one probiotic strain, that treatment may hold no advantages over placebo.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 31, 2019
Bad Medicine: New Data Aim to Limit Drug Hepatotoxicity Combating the scourge of drug-induced liver disease took center stage at this year's Liver Meeting. Dr William Balistreri summarizes the results you need to know.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 31, 2018
New Studies on Pediatric Liver Diseases Dr William Balistreri shares new data from this year's Liver Meeting on fatty liver disease and biliary atresia in children and young adults.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 21, 2018
Viral Hepatitis: Five Highlights From the Liver Meeting Dr William Balistreri reports on the most important viral hepatitis news from this year's Liver Meeting.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 29, 2018
Mediterranean Diet's Benefits May Extend to Multiple Diseases Dr William F. Balistreri on the latest evidence showing how we can eat our way toward improved health.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 07, 2018
'E coli' and Food Safety: It's a Jungle Out There Have we made progress to reduce the risk for foodborne 'Escherichia coli' infection? Dr Balistreri discusses this serious public health concern.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 23, 2018
New Guidelines Provide Path Forward for Abnormal Liver Tests Liver chemistry tests can be highly variable. Dr William Balistreri shares the latest data to get you from confusion to the correct diagnosis.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 01, 2018

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