A group-based education program improved gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life among patients with celiac disease, according to research published in BMC Gastroenterology.
Author: Praveen Suthrum
IBM has reached a deal to sell the healthcare data and analytics assets from its Watson Health business to investment firm Francisco Partners, the companies announced Friday. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal, but previous reports said IBM was seeking a price in the $1 billion range, Axois reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
Mentors play an important role in the GI community, whether assigned in the professional arena during fellowship, adopted as a personal role model or invited to be a combination of both along the way.
Labor shortages and rising costs aren’t expected to limit healthcare deal volume in 2022, according to a new survey of more than 300 industry executives. The survey findings, published this week by advisory firm KPMG, showed that 70% of healthcare and life sciences executives expect increased M&A activity in 2022 — with more than half of them saying they plan to do at least 10% more deals in 2021.
America is talking a load about No. 2. Maybe it stems from a growing awareness of probiotics and why we need trillions of microbes in our gut. It could be a more casual popular culture, with earthier comedians, poop emojis and unicorn-poo cupcakes. Or it could be the explosion of new product categories, talking about a range of bodily functions that include periods and breastfeeding.
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today Orlando Health announced the nationally and internationally recognized team of gastroenterologists who designed and developed the Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute, a highly specialized gastrointestinal diagnostic and treatment center to serve patients from across the southeastern United States.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is adding a five-story gastroenterology building to the outpatient surgery-focused south side of its Sanford USD Medical Center campus, SiouxFalls.Business reported Jan. 24. The 237,000-square-foot medical building will have the capacity to expand by three stories, the report said. It will include space for education, a clinic, physician offices, common spaces, 10 gastroenterology procedure suites and 40 pre-procedure suites.
Join a global community of GI leaders at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2022, May 21–24, and take part in important discussions that move our field forward. Registration and housing are now open for AGA members. Nonmember registration and housing will open for everyone Jan. 26.
If you suspect your patient might have small bowel bleeding despite a massive workup, what evaluation tools are at your disposal to help you find out for sure? Tune in to hear Dr. Peter Buch explore the available tools—and their inherent challenges to be aware of—with Dr. Jonathan Leighton, one of the nation’s leading experts on small bowel bleeding.
New research shows drug therapy may reduce stricture-related Crohn’s disease symptoms New research published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology has shown that intensive drug therapy improved stricture-related inflammation in those suffering from Crohn’s disease. Schulberg explained that a previous assumption that increased drug therapy may exacerbate stricture symptoms led to the exclusion of similar patients from drug trials.