Gastroenterology
Guidelines
AGA Clinical Practice Update: Expert review of management of refractory celiac disease
Refractory celiac disease can be challenging to diagnose and treat.
Latest News
Childhood cow’s milk allergy raises health care costs
“Children with food allergies typically have other atopic comorbidities that require more visits to primary care physicians and specialists and...
Latest News
Formula may be right for infants, but experts warn that toddlers don’t need it
About 60% of caregivers falsely believe toddler formulas have nutrients that toddlers can’t get from other foods.
From the Journals
New science reveals the best way to take a pill
Posture determined as much as 83% of how quickly a pill disperses into the intestines.
Letters from Maine
Where a child eats breakfast is important
“Skipping breakfast and eating breakfast out of the home were linked to greater odds of psychosocial behavioral problems than eating breakfast at...
Latest News
Abbott to start making Similac baby formula again
Abbott estimated that it will take about 6 weeks for Similac products to ship to stores. Production has restarted, which will be followed by “...
From the Journals
Biosimilar-to-biosimilar switches deemed safe and effective, systematic review reveals
While switches between biosimilars of the same reference biologic already occur for biosimilars with indications in different specialties, they do...
From the Journals
Jury out on synbiotics for kids with GI disorders
While the number of studies evaluating the effect of different synbiotics is increasing, the results to date are “ambiguous.”
Latest News
Cue new mothers: Breastfeed infants – but for how long?
The controversial question has cropped up again after the nation’s leading pediatrics group has issued new recommendations calling for women to...
Commentary
Pediatric obesity treatment options: Beyond lifestyle modification
Fortunately, the tools to treat the underlying biology driving obesity are becoming safer, more effective, and more widely used every year.
Commentary
Eight must-read GI studies for the primary care physician
“My collection of papers is divided into the esophagus and the colon, and then finishes up with the liver.”