GLG News by Physicians who Treat GERD (US)

High blood acetaldehyde levels are associated with more liver and perhaps pancreatic damage and inflammation thus enhancing neoplasia. How would high blood acetaldehyde levels induce colorectal cancer? Also through inflammation. The alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism is common in Asians yet there is...

Previous 'simple' molecular tests for cancer have ussually not worked out in practice. Although microRNA's have cellular control function for multiple genes it is premature to believe that these tests will be more successful.

Dermal Fillers are a popular and growing procedure that is poorly regulated.  Although problems arise in their administration, it is not clear whether it is due to the product or user technique.  That key difference is essential to quantify before issuing warnings

1:Crestor is the most potent statin in the market,yet is 3d in sales behind Zocor and Lipitor.2:The efficacy supriority together with its capacity to lower CRP levels led to the highest rate of ASCVD prevention in the shortest period of time evr documented in statin trials.3:The trial in near 18,000...

The best epidemiologic data states that the incidence of colorectal cancer as well as most other cancers falls drammatically after age 85. Thus screening for a dissappearing disease makes no sense. Also colorectal cancer takes an average of 8-10 years to develop so that screening for average risk individuals...

This article is not news for clinical researchers like myself that have performed hundreds of clinical trials in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Industry. Some of the most common reasons for that are: A)Negative studies are difficult to get published.B)Negative results for the dug of the...

The Stark bill aims to offer both incentives and eventually financial penalties to speed the adoption of electronic medical records. It includes provisions that would create a "standard", however it is unclear the degree of interoperability different systems would have, and the degree to which the interfaces...

With excellent patient satisfaction, ease of use and excellent cash based reimbursement, there is a rapidly growing aesthetic & skin care business to dermatologic practice.  This has clearly impacted access to care by patients with skin disease in my area.  Perhaps a better question is...

Pain is a complex of the personal, subjective, and unpleasant experiences  that may or may  not be related to physical injury or tissue damage.  It has been described “timeless, ineluctable, and disconcertingly indefinable.”  The expression may be influenced by psychosocial, ...

More than 50% of patients have the 3 ccomponents to qualify for diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome.Twwo of the components,Diabetes and Obesity are present in 20-25% of them and are difficult to control.Exenatide seems to provide that benefit.