The American Gastroenterological Association, RealCME and RMEI Medical Education completed the first phase of their continuing medical education curriculum and research initiative for community-based GI clinicians to improve care for inflammatory bowel diseases.
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Digestive diseases cost the nation billions every year and kill hundreds of thousands of Americans, according to National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases data.
Paramvir S. Rahal, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Bakersfield, Calif.-based Institute of Advanced Gastroenterology.
Throughout Chattanooga, Tenn., walkers and runners will take their mark to promote colon cancer awareness during the 2017 Greater Chattanooga Rump Run 5K and Fun Walk For Colon Cancer Awareness on March 11, 2017, according to TheChattanoogan.com.
Patients diagnosed with advanced gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors often choose a combination of treatment options, according to research presented at the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
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A study in Clinical Infectious Diseases investigated whether fecal transplantation is an effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.
Carolina Mountain Gastroenterology in Hendersonville, N.C., and Asheville (N.C.) Gastroenterology Associates merged into a single entity which is called Digestive Health Partners, according to a Blue Ridge Now report.
Eduardo B.V. da Silveira, MD, is a gastroenterologist at San Jose (Calif.) Gastroenterology.
The American Gastroenterological Society and Gilead Sciences awarded Brian DeBosch, MD, PhD, its Research Scholar Award in Liver Disease at Digestive Disease Week 2016.
The American Gastroenterological Association opposes the repeal of the ACA, in a statement it released.