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Crohn’s & Colitis Congress has passed, DDW ahead
We highlight a number of articles from the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress,® including results showing how a focused IBD quality...
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Hope springs eternal
We all want to do what is best for patients. We hope our treatments will improve actual health outcomes (and not intermediate process metrics), so...
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Tectonic shift
Every community practice gastroenterologist knows that private equity is making an aggressive push into our specialty. This is a tectonic shift in...
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Inner demons
We have marveled at the miracles of fecal microbiome transplants, but this month we read about an inner demon -- patients who developed bacteremia...
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Digital disruption
Virtual care, telehealth, remote patient monitoring, telecommuting and other digital innovations are becoming standards for health systems. Now is...
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Food as therapy and toxin
In this issue we feature stories from the 2019 James W. Freston Conference. The topic of this year’s meeting was “Food at the intersection of gut...
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The month of new beginnings is here
Among our cover stories this month is a study showing a novel application of deep learning to inform clinical care of patients with...
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We owe a lot to scientists like Henry Lynch
Dr. Lynch almost singlehandedly brought attention to the genetic syndrome that bears his name.
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Wellness seminars won’t fix burnout
One of our lead articles this month concerns an attempt to place a financial cost on physician burnout. More important, I think, is the toll...
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GI practice consolidation continues
Digestive Disease Week® 2019 is now history. This was the 50th anniversary of DDW and again, it lived up to its reputation as the world...