Study Group: Gastroenterologists in Private Practice (US)(?)

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...

This potential issue has been of concern since we changed to Propofol based anesthesia for all of our patients approximately five years ago.  We made this decision because it made endoscopic procedures significantly more tolerable (essentially painless, except for the bowel prep) for just...

The value of accounts managed by E-Trade has fallen by 12% despite opening up 16,000 new accounts.  This implies that either a large number of accounts have been lost to E-Trade or there has been a significant decrease in the value per account.  If the overall number of accounts has decreased...

The long term efficacy of botulinum toxin Type A for the treatment of glabellar frown lines was recently discussed  in San Antonio, Texas at the 66th annual meeting of the American Association of Dermatology. Kawashima and other fellow Japanese investigators presented long-term (64 weeks)...

Patients with isolated proctitis remain a difficult to treat subpopulation of patients with UC.  Topical mesalamine is often efficacious, but is not always the preferred mode of administration for many patients.  As we have a variety of options as to which oral mesalamine preparation to use...