Managing acid reflux involves lifestyle adjustments to reduce symptoms and prevent discomfort. Strengthening the lower esophageal sphincter can help prevent acid from rising into the esophagus. Avoiding smoking,…
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the colon and rectum, causing symptoms like abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, rectal urgency, and fatigue. Sanjay Murthy, MD,…
New advancements in the field of alpha-1 antitrypsin research hold promise for the treatment and possible reversal of liver disease. Recent advances in the safety and viability of…
Valerie A. Gustave, MD, MPH, attending physician, Gotham Medical Associates, talks about acute pancreatitis, which is currently the leading GI diagnosis that admits people to the hospital. Heavy drinkers…
Valerie A. Gustave, MD, MPH, attending physician, Gotham Medical Associates, describes the symptoms of acute pancreatitis, which include: nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and general unease. The prognosis for…
Robert M. Strauss, MD, AGAF, FACG, Gastroenterologist, GI Specialists of Georgia, gives an overview of the characteristics and pathology of Clostridium difficile. He explains that when the population of…
Steven Mento, PhD, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Conatus Pharmaceuticals, addresses the need for a better understanding of the causes of liver disease. Conatus’s latest project, Emricasan, a therapy for…
Steven Mento, PhD, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Conatus Pharmaceuticals, introduces Conatus’s latest project, Emricasan, a therapy for acute catastrophic liver disease. With 2 billion people worldwide with liver…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with potentially resectable colorectal liver metastases, the use of combined PET and CT imaging (PET-CT) identifies those with occult extrahepatic disease…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A preoperative MRI showing whether or not a rectal tumor encroaches on the circumferential resection margin (CRM) is a better predictor of recurrence…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While pancreatic cancer mortality is still higher among blacks than whites in the US, rates are decreasing among blacks and increasing among whites,…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Median survival of patients with metastatic gastric cancer has not improved, despite increased use of chemotherapy, researchers from The…
