Small Bowel
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Practice update: Refractory constipation
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by Doug Brunk
Longstanding concerns about chronic stimulant laxative use are described as unfounded.
When gut-brain disorders affect eating in adults
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by Doug Brunk
"Restrictive eating in DGBI is common beyond specialist clinics and highlights the need for integrated multidisciplinary care."
AGA strengthens payor ties to ease admin burden
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by Doug Brunk
“We view this as an opportunity to work together to alleviate some of these burdens, and I will say that hearing the perspective from payors has been very eye-opening.”
Building effective community-based IBD care: Key challenges and opportunities
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by Doug Brunk
“I fear practices will lose their relevance if they do not start building systems and processes for cognitive care pathways like IBD."
AGA unveils new clinical practice guideline for Crohn's disease
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by Doug Brunk
The guidelines are living documents that “will be updated quarterly, allowing for rapid evolution as new data become available.”
Microbiome: COVID-19's hidden factor?
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by Kerri Miller
Pre-pandemic microbiome composition influences severe disease outcomes years later in a population study.
Bariatric surgery vs GLP-1s: GERD risk
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by Kerri Miller
Propensity-matched analysis of over 80,000 patients reveals bariatric surgery nearly doubles five-year esophageal complication rates compared with GLP-1 RA therapy.
GLP-1s and tirzepatide: Similar GI risk
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by Kerri Miller
Real-world data show similar rates of severe GI events with semaglutide, dulaglutide, and tirzepatide, reinforcing comparable safety across agents in routine care.
Mediterranean vs traditional diet for IBS
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by Kathryn Wighton
The Mediterranean diet demonstrated greater symptom relief and patient adherence than traditional dietary advice.
Nutritional IBD screening tools ranked
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by Kerri Miller
"MIRT might be the NSTs of choice to predict defined malnutrition and low-Fat Free Mass Index at 6 months follow-up in a cohort of inactive/mildly active IBD patients."
Global IBD trial experts agree on steroid standards
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by Teraya Smith
New guidance issued on how steroids should be managed in clinical trial settings.
Intestinal ultrasound offers prognostic value in IBD pregnancy
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by Kerri Miller
"We rely very little on symptoms in pregnancy — they’re so unreliable — and instead target fecal calprotectin under 100 and sonographic remission."
An approach to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: Considerations in diagnosis and treatment
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by Yasmin G Hernandez Barco MD, Motaz Ashkar MBBS MSCI
Improving care for patients from historically minoritized and marginalized communities with disorders of gut-brain interaction
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by Rosa Yu, MD, Jennifer Dimino, MD, Christopher Velez, MD, GI and Hepatology News
Improving care for sexual and gender minority patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction
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by Kara J. Jencks, MD, Christopher Velez, MD
Improving care for sexual and gender minority patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction
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by Kara J. Jencks, MD, Christopher Velez, MD
Clinical research in early career academic medicine
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by Lauren D. Feld, MD, Kathy Nguyen, Katherine Cooper, MD, Loren Galler Rabinowitz, MD, Amiko M. Uchida, MD
Avoid getting stuck: A practical guide to managing chronic constipation
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by Hamza Salim, DO, Anni Chowdhury, DO, Lavanya Viswanathan, MD, MS
Avoid getting stuck: A practical guide to managing chronic constipation
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by Hamza Salim, DO, Anni Chowdhury, DO, Lavanya Viswanathan, MD, MS
The complexity of this condition should be appreciated and understood in order for a complete and thorough evaluation.
A paradigm shift in evaluating and investigating the etiology of bloating
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by Rajan Singh, PhD, Baharak Moshiree, MD, AGAF
The AGA Future Leaders Program: a mentee-mentor triad perspective
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by Parakkal Deepak, MBBS, MS, Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH, Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH
A simplified approach to pelvic floor dysfunction
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by Ayesha Khan, DO, Raakhi Menon, DO, Lindsay Allen, PT, DPT, MBA, Brooke Corning, MD
Achieving promotion for junior faculty in academic medicine: An interview with experts
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by Vineet S. Rolston, MD, Sophie Balzora, MD, Mark A. Schattner, MD
What gastroenterologists need to know about the 2024 Medicare payment rules
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by GI and Hepatology News
From private practice to academic medicine: My journey and lessons learned
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by Katie Hutchins, MD
Immune checkpoint inhibitor–related gastrointestinal adverse events
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by Joshua Kwon, MD, Paul T. Kröner, MD, MSc
Integrating intestinal ultrasound into inflammatory bowel disease training and practice in the United States
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by Noa Krugliak Cleveland, MD, David T. Rubin, MD