News from the AGA
What does burnout cost?
At greater risk are younger physicians, physicians performing high-risk procedures, and physicians experiencing work-life conflicts.
News from the AGA
Sessions at DDW® 2018 designed for trainees and early career GIs
AGA has developed special sessions at Digestive Disease Week 2018 to meet the unique needs of physicians who are new to the field.
The New Gastroenterologist
Making the most of your DDW experience
Whether you’re a first-time attendee or a seasoned participant, DDW offers something for everyone.
The New Gastroenterologist
Adopting new evidence into practice – a guide for the new gastroenterologist
We identify recent developments relevant to gastroenterologists to illustrate a conceptual framework for judging novel information.
The New Gastroenterologist
Advanced training in hepatology
Unlike previous hepatologists, who were trained through gastroenterology programs, most new practitioners seek advanced training in a fellowship...
From the Journals
New study establishes IBD severity index
The panel determined 16 severity attributes for Crohn’s disease and 13 for ulcerative colitis.
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Pregnant women in clinical trials: FDA questions how to include them
Lack of research can be harmful to mother and fetus, FDA draft guidance says, and it can be “ethically justifiable” to include them in studies.
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Medicare Part D plans get more flexibility to make midyear changes
Final rule includes changes affecting formularies, biosimilar copays, low-income subsidy beneficiaries, and plan offerings.
DDSEP Quick Quiz
DDSEP® 8 Quick Quiz - April 2018 Question 2
DDSEP Quick Quiz
DDSEP® 8 Quick Quiz - April 2018 Question 1
Letter from the Editor
Hope, hepatology, and social determinants of health
In this month’s issue, we touch on themes that will carry into DDW®.
Practice Management Toolbox
Cracking the clinician educator code in gastroenterology
This column offers five recommendations to guide those just setting out on the CE path, as well as those who have trodden it for some time.
From the Journals
Model predicted Barrett’s esophagus progression
Four risk factors identified patients at significantly increased risk of progression.
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VIDEO: Intestinal remodeling contributes to HbA1c drop after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Gene expression at 1 month tracked with HbA1c levels out to 1 year post surgery.
From the Journals
Single screening for Lynch syndrome beats sequential tests in CRC
Tumor sequencing is more accurate and might be faster than some existing protocols too.
From the Journals
VIDEO: Biomarker accurately predicted primary nonfunction after liver transplant
This could be a tool to safely select high-risk organs for liver transplantation that otherwise would be discarded from the donor pool.
From the Journals
VIDEO: Pioglitazone benefited NASH patients with and without T2DM
Has NASH met its match?
From the Journals
AGA Clinical Practice Update: Incorporating psychological care in the management of chronic digestive diseases
Previous studies have highlighted that the burden of chronic digestive diseases is amplified by psychosocial factors.
From the Journals
Opioids linked to mortality in IBD
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease, opioid prescriptions tripled in a recent 20-year period.
From the Journals
Obesity in adults continues to rise
Increased prevalence of obesity among young people was not significant.
From the Journals
Sessile serrated colon polyps may be detectable noninvasively
Sessile serrated polyps of the colon bear a distinct DNA methylation signature that may allow early cancer detection from stool samples.
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News From the AGA
- What does burnout cost?
- Sessions at DDW® 2018 designed for trainees and early career GIs
- Better manage acute pancreatitis to improve patient outcomes
- How to talk with your patients about PPIs and cognitive decline
- Four new and noteworthy IBD drug studies
- Remember the AGA Research Foundation in your will or living trust
- Congressional budget includes AGA wins
- Legacy Society members sustain research
- AGA Pres. Sheila Crowe Spends the Day on Capitol Hill
- Headlines from the 2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
From the AGA Journals
- Model predicted Barrett’s esophagus progression
- VIDEO: Biomarker accurately predicted primary nonfunction after liver transplant
- VIDEO: Pioglitazone benefited NASH patients with and without T2DM
- AGA Clinical Practice Update: Incorporating psychological care in the management of chronic digestive diseases
- Opioids linked to mortality in IBD
- Bioengineered liver models screen drugs and study liver injury
- Engineered liver models to study human hepatotropic pathogens
- AGA Guideline: Use goal-directed fluid therapy, early oral feeding in acute pancreatitis
- VIDEO: No short-term link found between PPIs, myocardial infarction
- Ulcerative colitis is disabling over time
