Medscape’s 2015 Physician Compensation Report
Nearly 20,000 physicians across 25 specialties responded to Medscape’s 2015 Compensation Survey....
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Gastroenterology
Surgeons Who Can’t Perform Open Surgery
Now I’m really worried about surgical education. Here’s why: A friend told me that a...
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An Update on Managing IBS & CIC
IBS and chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) are among the most common functional...
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Non-Specific Abdominal Pain: Analyzing Repeat ED Use
Research has shown that many patients in the United States present to the ED with gastrointestinal...
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Pediatric GERD Procedures
Clinicians often have difficulty diagnosing GERD and discriminating it from physiologic...
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More Docs Denying Sales Rep Access
A new report from the global sales and marketing consulting firm ZS Associates indicates...
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Relieving Pain in Colorectal Surgery
Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce...
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The Evolution of Medicine
Source: BestMedicalDegrees.com Modern medicine has helped lead to a surge in average life...
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ACC.14: Celiac Disease Increases CAD Risk
The Particulars: Data have linked inflammatory states such as lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid...
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H. Pylori Testing & Uninvestigated Dyspepsia
Gastritis, dyspepsia, and peptic ulcer disease are common causes of abdominal pain that may be...
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A Warning System for Colorectal Surgery Patients
About 16% of all colorectal surgical patients on Medicare are readmitted to the hospital within 30...
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Managing Pain in Patients With IBD
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), abdominal pain is a common and frustrating...
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Managing Metastatic CRC: Coming to a Consensus
According to the National Cancer Institute, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of...
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Video Capsule Endoscopy in the ED
Esophagoduodenoscopy is the current gold standard for stratifying risk in patients with...
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ACS 2013: A Laparoscopic Approach to Colon Resection
The Particulars: Among the elderly, research suggests that elective colon resection is associated...
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Colon Polyps in Elderly Patients Are More Likely to Develop in Areas Seen Only with Colonoscopy
WASHINGTON, DC—People over 60 years old are more likely to have precancerous or cancerous polyps...
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Anti-PD-L1 Drug Shows Promising Anti-Cancer Effects
A phase I expansion study of the investigational drug MPDL3280A — an engineered PD-L1 targeted...
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Men’s Fitness in Middle Age Protects Against Cancer
Findings from a large, prospective 20-year study indicate that a high level of cardiovascular...
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Trends in Inpatient Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents
The rate of inpatient bariatric procedures among adolescents appears to have plateaued since 2003,...
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Long-Term Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
Australian researchers have found that durable weight loss can be maintained through 15 years...
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