A 74-year-old man with a history of oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, tobacco use disorder, recurrent left pleural effusion, and latent tuberculosis was admitted at an...
The authors report the case of a 23-year-old woman with 2 hospitalizations for anemia requiring transfusions. Workup revealed a large submucosal mass that later was found to be a gastrointestinal stromal...
The American College of Gastroenterology recently released a guideline for diagnosing and treating chronic pancreatitis. Do you know what the guideline recommends about screening these patients for...
According to a new recommendation statement from the American College of Physicians, is clinical breast examination recommended as a modality of breast cancer screening in women with average risk of breast...
In this commentary, Raymond Chung, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital, explains why it is key to stage a patient’s disease after an HCV diagnosis—and how to do it.
In this commentary, Swati G. Patel, MD, MS, from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, highlights the incidence and mortality rates associated with colorectal cancer (CRC), the importance of...
Matthew Bechtold, MD, answers our questions about his research into whether deep sedation improved colonoscopy quality compared with moderate sedation.