Commentary
Commentary
Starting to assess the toll
This morning, Megan A. Adams (a GI & Hepatology News Associate Editor and a Michigan faculty member) and I held an hour-long video...
Commentary
Let’s learn from our experience
The best of our country has been demonstrated by our frontline health care workers, grocery clerks, people who deliver our packages, and...
Perspectives
Multigene panel testing for colorectal cancer
This is the debut column of Perspectives, which features pro/con expert debates.
Commentary
Failure is not an option
Gene Kranz was the NASA Flight Director during the Gemini and Apollo space flights, including Apollo 11 (moon landing) and Apollo 13. He has...
Commentary
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...
Commentary
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...
Commentary
Tectonic shift
Every community practice gastroenterologist knows that private equity is making an aggressive push into our specialty. This is a tectonic shift in...
Commentary
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...
Commentary
Digital disruption
Virtual care, telehealth, remote patient monitoring, telecommuting and other digital innovations are becoming standards for health systems. Now is...
Commentary
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...