Heather McDougall, MD, is a gastroenterologist at the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Center for Digestive Health.
GI & Endoscopy
In preparation for Digestive Disease Week 2017, the American Gastroenterological Association is calling on researchers to submit their abstracts for consideration.
The rumor mill is spinning after an anonymous source said Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals is in advanced talks to sell Salix Pharmaceuticals to Japan's Takeda for $10 billion to help cover Valeant's debt load, The Wall Street Journal reports.
A study in Gastroenterology found that regular aspirin use is associated with reduced colorectal cancer risk — however, this risk differed by concentration of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.
Two physicians associated with the American Gastroenterological Association are slated to present at Semana Nacional de Gastroenterología, or Mexican Gastroenterology Week, Nov. 22 in Mazatlán, Mexico.
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Bincy Abraham, MD, is a gastroenterologist and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital and the Weill Cornell Medical College in Houston, Texas.
In advance of the American Board of Surgery's Flexible Endoscopy Curriculum rollout, surgical residents and their program directors need to prepare for the mandate, General Surgery News reports.
A study in the International Journal of Cancer suggests that regular use of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate lower the risk of developing colon cancer by 23 percent, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease among adults in the United States may look different than previous estimates, according to research presented in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report series.
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