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October Summary – Celiac Disease
As our October “Hot Topic,” George Philips presented a paper published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, A prospective study of duodenal bulb biopsy in newly diagnosed and established adult celiac disease (PMID 21606978) on the benefit of taking duodenal bulb biopsies when assessing for celiac disease. There were several limitations to this paper. The population […]
November 17th is the Great American Smokeout
November 17, 2011 is the annual Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society. To mark the occasion, here are two recent articles in the November issue of Gastroenterology associating increased risk of gastrointestinal polyps, dysplasia, and cancer with tobacco smoke exposure. Smoking Increases the Risk for Colorectal Adenomas in Persons with Lynch Syndrome, […]
