GI Insights
Looking to digest the latest in gastroenterology? GI Insights is here to provide updates on screening guidelines, diagnostic options, and management tools for all diseases and disorders affecting the gastrointestinal tract.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 623
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer
Guest: Donald Castell, MD
How common is Barrett's esophagus in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or asymptomatic reflux? What risk fact…
Understanding and Treating Chronic Constipation
Guest: David Peura, MD
Constipation is a common symptom that presents more often in women and as patients get older. What are the primary and secondary causes of …
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Guest: Rowen Zetterman, MD
Acetaminophen, vitamin supplements and antibiotics are just a few of the medications that can cause liver injury. What are the signs of…
The Plight of the Investigator
Guest: Mark Donowitz, MD
Are there fewer physician-scientists today than there were a few decades ago? What does the future landscape look like for medical resear…
Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer
Guest: Donald Castell, MD
How common is Barrett's esophagus in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or asymptomatic reflux? What risk fact…
Outcomes Research: What Every Physician Should Know
Guest: Glenn Eisen, MD, MPH
What does outcomes research measure, and how does it differ from clinical trials? Is evidence-based medicine related to outcomes rese…
New Treatments to Reduce Liver Damage From Hepatitis B
Guest: Scott Cotler, MD
Untreated hepatitis B can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. What methods are available for physicians to treat hepatitis B patients? Ho…
Outcomes Research: What Every Physician Should Know
Guest: Glenn Eisen, MD, MPH
What does outcomes research measure, and how does it differ from clinical trials? Is evidence-based medicine related to outcomes rese…
New Treatments to Reduce Liver Damage From Hepatitis B
Guest: Scott Cotler, MD
Untreated hepatitis B can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. What methods are available for physicians to treat hepatitis B patients? Ho…
Shifts in Crohn's Disease Treatment Models
Guest: William J. Sandborn, MD
The current treatment paradigm for Crohn's disease is a pyramid approach, where patients are given the safest medications before pu…
Managing Esophageal Cancer From the Onset
Guest: Prateek Sharma, MD
Esophageal cancer survival rates greatly decline when the cancer has reached its late stages, so detecting neoplasia in a Barrett's esop…
Shifts in Crohn's Disease Treatment Models
Guest: William J. Sandborn, MD
The current treatment paradigm for Crohn's disease is a pyramid approach, where patients are given the safest medications before pu…
Managing Esophageal Cancer From the Onset
Guest: Prateek Sharma, MD
Esophageal cancer survival rates greatly decline when the cancer has reached its late stages, so detecting neoplasia in a Barrett's esop…
Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life
Guest: Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS
In its 1948 charter constitution, the World Health Organization defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental and soci…
Post-Election Update: Physician Medicare Reimbursement
Guest: Carla Ginsburg, MD, MPH
Physicians continue to face payment cuts from Medicare, largely due to a flawed payment formula. What is on the horizon for 2009 a…
Helicobacter Pylori: Still a Problem in the U.S?
Guest: David Peura, MD
Helicobacter pylori, often known as H. pylori, was discovered in the 1980s and is found worldwide in the stomachs of billions of people. H…
Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life
Guest: Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS
In its 1948 charter constitution, the World Health Organization defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental and soci…
Post-Election Update: Physician Medicare Reimbursement
Guest: Carla Ginsburg, MD, MPH
Physicians continue to face payment cuts from Medicare, largely due to a flawed payment formula. What is on the horizon for 2009 a…
Helicobacter Pylori: Still a Problem in the U.S?
Guest: David Peura, MD
Helicobacter pylori, often known as H. pylori, was discovered in the 1980s and is found worldwide in the stomachs of billions of people. H…
Evolving Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Guest: Richard Fedorak, MD
Steroids used to be the standard treatment for inflammatory bowel disease. But now biologic and immunosuppresive therapies are often u…