Dr. Walid Y. Farah

A new practice guideline aims to help clinicians make decisions about when and how to safely deprescribe proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The...

The location of colon cancers determined by colonoscopy does not agree with the surgical location in almost one-third of cases, researchers ...

Atif Zaman, MD, MPH reviewing Di Marco V et al. Gastroenterology 2016 Jul. Successful treatment was associated with reduced risks for liver ...

Gastroenterologists and other physicians are virtually unanimous in appreciating the vital importance of colonoscopy screenings. In preparat...

Ninety seconds of education appeared to work wonders in getting heartburn patients to optimize their use of the proton pump inhibitor omepr...

Hospitals are taking the problem of gastrointestinal endoscope reprocessing seriously, reports here at Digestive Disease Week suggested, to ...

In a randomized phase 3 trial, 4464 H. pylori uninfected children (ages 6 to 15 years) were assigned to a three-dose oral recombinant H. pyl...

A variety of skin disorders have been reported in association with the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for inflammatory and au...

Olmesartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), can produce a "sprue-like enteropathy" characterized by severe chronic diarrhea...

The laparoscopic lavage and drainage procedure was introduced as a potentially less morbid alternative to sigmoid resection for patients wit...

Office visits prior to screening colonoscopy add to medical costs, and it's unclear whether those visits are necessary, researchers repo...

The American Association for the Study for Liver Diseases and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) have updated HCVguidelines.or...

 New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY Addition...

Management of iatrogenic esophageal perforation with endoscopic stenting Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY Additional Authors: ALGUILI ELSH...

IBD P-254 New onset of grave’s disease during anti-tnfα treatment in a case of fistulizing crohn’s disease Presenting Author: NAWAF ZAKARY A...

FROM THE ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD The reported link between early life exposure to acetaminophen and the development of asthma in c...

AUSTIN, TEX. (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Use of proton pump inhibitors and steroids was independently associated with recurrences of Clostrid...

FROM CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY Topical steroid therapy improved some indicators of mucosal integrity in patients with eosi...

Objectives Intragastric balloons (IGBs) are associated with, 1) intolerances in the early period, 2) diminished weight loss after the...

A 45-year-old woman had an intragastric balloon placed endoscopically for metabolic syndrome and obesity (body mass index = 37.42 kg/m2). Sh...