The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) recently launched Trust Your Gut, an awareness campaign aimed at shortening the time from the onset of bowel symptoms to discussions with a health care provider. As part of the campaign, AGA released new data that shows nearly 40% of Americans have stopped routine activities in the last year due to uncomfortable bowel symptoms, including ...

GI OnDEMAND, a virtual integrated care platform, recently announced a partnership with Mindset Health, the creator of Nerva, a six-week gut-directed hypnotherapy program. The hypnotherapy program is delivered through a mobile app to help patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) better manage their symptoms. GI OnDEMAND is a joint venture between the American College of Gastroenterology and Gastro Girl, Inc., ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine will be hosting a conference to cover advances in endoscopy, gastroenterology and hepatology Saturday, March 13. This one-day activity will provide an update on a wide range of topics of interest to the those in the endoscopy profession. Rapid advances are being made in the understanding of the pathophysiology, natural history and treatment of diseases of the ...

DDW 2020 and all associated events, scheduled for May 2-5, 2020, in Chicago, have been cancelled. While we are disappointed to miss the science, education, and networking that are hallmarks of DDW, we must focus on the health and safety of our community. Thank you for your patience as we evaluated the status of DDW in light of the rapidly ...

Living in rural households decreases a person’s risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly for young children and adolescents, according to a new study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC). “Our findings show that children, particularly those under the age ...