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Hundreds of Thousands Will Die The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world. t is hard to calculate all the good that Atul Gawande has done in the world. After training as a surgeon at Harvard, he taught medicine…

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A Common Pancreatic Condition That Few Have Heard Of Batya Swift Yasgur The most common pathology affecting the pancreas is excess intra-pancreatic fat deposition (IPFD), often called fatty pancreas disease (FPD) — a disorder experienced by roughly one fifth of the world’s population. Although it is more common than type 2 diabetes, pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer combined, it has…

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ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Gastric Premalignant Conditions Morgan, Douglas R. et al Abstract Gastric premalignant conditions (GPMC) are common and include atrophic gastritis, gastric intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and certain gastric epithelial polyps. GPMC have an increased risk of progression to gastric adenocarcinoma. Gastric cancer (GC) in the United States represents an important…

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To treat of not to treat – prospection and prognosis in IBD Fernando Gomollón, MD, PhD   Daniel Gilbert starts his amazing book “Stumbling in happiness” with a key sentence: “The human being is the only animal who thinks about the future” (1), a specific property called “prospection”. Later on, he states: “We want to…

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue sampling: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Technical and Technology Review Antonio Facciorusso et al. Abstract This Technical and Technology Review from the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) represents an update of the previous document on the technical aspects of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided sampling in gastroenterology, including the available types of…

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Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Giovanni Marasco et al. Abstract Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder of gut–brain interaction, with a multifactorial pathophysiology involving gut–brain axis dysregulation, visceral hypersensitivity, microbiota imbalance, and immune dysfunction. Traditional IBS management emphasizes dietary modifications and pharmacologic therapies. However, increasing attention has been directed toward…