Dr. Lisa Strate from the University of Washington discusses this difficult topic in the attached video. At ACG 2018, Dr. Strate described the various presentations of symptomatic diverticular disease and reviewed current therapeutic approaches. See the video at the ACG Universe here.
The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Healthcare Providers
From the New York Times, a striking editorial suggests for the first time something that healthcare workers have long known firsthand–that if there is any flexibility in the healthcare system, it falls squarely on the shoulders of the people providing care. As author Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD states, “the one resource that seems endless —
Miguel Regueiro, MD, chair of the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Cleveland Clinic, discusses how to position therapies for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
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