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Skip to content The opinion magazine of the American Gastroenterological Association Search for: Navigation Site navigation Home Debates Now a Part of GI and Hep News Aspirin for all Barrett’s esophagus patients? Not so fast! Aspirin for Barrett’s esophagus: chemoprevention potential Prophylactic clips at polypectomy? Yes. Prophylactic clips at polypectomy? No. Quick Hits Postinfectious IBS: What is new with the recent Rome update? GERD consensus: The 15 year flight from Porto to Lyon Don’t fear the AI reaper: Thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence in gastroenterology The future is disposable: implementing new duodenoscopes into practice What is the medical home in IBD? Inside AGA An insider peek into the AGA Quality Committee Meet the editor: Charles Kahi AGA Research Foundation Researcher of the Month: Kyle Staller, MD, MPH Five Enter the Shark Tank, One Emerges AGA welcomes new president, Hashem B. El-Serag, MD, MPH, AGAF Archive Contribute About AGA Website Debates Now a Part of GI and Hep News has moved and now has its own section, Perspectives, in GI & Hep News. Check out the latest debate on endoscopic myotomy for achalasia and hear from Mouen A. Khashab, MD, and Robert M. Siwiec, MD. Continue reading " Now a Part of GI and Hep News" → Published on 08/10/2020 08/10/2020 By AGA Communucations Debates Now a Part of GI and Hep News has moved and now has its own section, Perspectives, in GI & Hep News. Check out the latest debate on endoscopic myotomy for achalasia and hear from Mouen A. Khashab, MD, and Robert M. Siwiec, MD. Published on 08/10/2020 08/10/2020 By AGA Communucations Leave a comment 1905 views Debates Aspirin for all Barrett’s esophagus patients? Not so fast! Barrett’s esophagus is a metaplastic change of the esophageal epithelium which increases the risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma by 10 to 30 fold. It is thought to progress via the development of dysplasia to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). EAC is a lethal malignancy with poor outcomes when diagnosed after the onset of symptoms despite recommendations for screening […] Published on 02/24/2020 08/10/2020 By Prasad G. Iyer, MD, MSc, AGAF Leave a comment 3437 views Debates Aspirin for Barrett’s esophagus: chemoprevention potential Aspirin is a commonly prescribed drug and its prevention of both cardiovascular and vascular events is well established. Recently, the benefits of aspirin from a chemoprevention standpoint, particularly in gastrointestinal tract cancers, have emerged. Prevention of esophageal adenocarcinomas is particularly relevant for Barrett’s esophagus patients, a premalignant condition affecting 2 percent of the adult population. […] Published on 02/24/2020 08/10/2020 By James Franklin, BMBS, and Janusz Jankowski, MD, PhD Leave a comment 4620 views Quick Hits Postinfectious IBS: What is new with the recent Rome update? The Rome Foundation Working Team Report1 brings together a wealth of data and reminds us just how productive this area of research has been for the understanding of the mechanisms underlying functional bowel disorders. Clinicians are presented daily with patients meeting the Rome criteria for irritable bowel and will be well aware of how heterogeneous […] Published on 02/24/2020 02/24/2020 By Robin Spiller, MD Leave a comment 2973 views Quick Hits GERD consensus: The 15 year flight from Porto to Lyon In November of 2002, 11 esophageal physiologists gathered in Porto to consolidate knowledge surrounding a new technology: intraluminal impedance monitoring. After decades of dependence on pH testing to define reflux, experts were wrestling with a growing body of evidence showing that not all reflux episodes, or symptoms, were associated with low pH.1,2 The resulting consensus […] Published on 02/24/2020 02/24/2020 By Benjamin D. Rogers, MD, and C. Prakash Gyawali, MD Leave a comment 3077 views Inside AGA An insider peek into the AGA Quality Committee We aim to provide the highest quality of care for our patients. But what is health care “quality”? It is a multi-faceted concept, but one widely accepted definition is to “improve desired health outcomes” by providing care that is “safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable and people-centered” (WHO 2019). AGA aspires to make high-quality care a […] Published on 02/19/2020 02/19/2020 By Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo, MD, MSc and Bharati Kochar, MD, MSCR Leave a comment 2212 views Quick Hits Don’t fear the AI reaper: Thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence in gastroenterology In recent years there have been exciting advances in gastroenterology due to the novel application of artificial intelligence (AI) and other machine learning (ML) based technologies towards solving certain problems that were herein considered to be under exclusive domains of physicians. The various applications of AI and ML in GI are towards detection, diagnosis and […] Published on 02/18/2020 02/20/2020 By Bijun S. Kannadath, MBBS, MS, and Sushovan Guha, MD, PhD, FASGE, AGAF Leave a comment 5748 views Quick Hits The future is disposable: implementing new duodenoscopes into practice Over the past five years, practicing endoscopists have become acutely aware of the risk to patients from duodenoscope contamination related to the fact that these instruments can continue to harbor bacteria despite adherence to reprocessing protocols recommended by endoscope manufacturers. This conundrum is ultimately distilled for patients as an unquantifiable risk of intestinal colonization and/or […] Published on 02/18/2020 02/18/2020 By Jennifer Higa, MD; Andrew S. Ross, MD; Jeffrey L. Tokar, MD Leave a comment 2809 views About the Editor Charles J. Kahi, MD, AGAF Dr. Kahi is professor of clinical medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, and gastroenterology section chief at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. Perspective Tags acute pancreatitis adverse event AGA Center for Microbiome Research and Education anti-tnf barrett's esophagus celiac disease cirrhosis colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer CRC CRC risk factors Crohn's Disease DAA direct acting antivirals EMR Endoscopic mucosal resection endoscopic submucosal dissection endoscopy EOE Eosinophilic Esophagitis ESD Esophagus EUS G-POEM gastroesophageal reflux disease gastroparesis GERD GI bleeding gut microbiome HCC HCV hepatitis c IBD IBS inflammatory bowel disease irritable bowel syndrome liver Microbiome NAFLD Obesity PPI practice guidelines proton pump inhibitors reflux ulcerative colitis Popular Perspectives Quick Hits What’s New in Pouchitis? Published on 01/25/2017 01/25/2017 By Bo Shen Debates Is LINX the way to go for GERD surgery? No. Published on 02/27/2019 04/29/2019 By David I. 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