COLORECTAL CANCER, SERIES #3

James E. Allison

Dr. Allison discusses the various FOBTs available for screening for colorectal cancer and makes the argument that FOBT screening is still relevant and important in population screening efforts.

VIRAL HEPATITIS, SERIES #2

Sripriya Balasubramanian, James A. Bourgeois, Lorenzo Rossaro,Meredith M. Hancock, Colette C. Prosser and Kanat Ransibrahmanakul

Psychiatric Illness may dispose patients to HBV and HCV and psychiatric illness may emerge as medication-related side effects from antiviral treatment for HCV. As such, physicians treating these patients need to be aware of the co-morbid and psychiatric illnesses in these patients and to offer care in an integrated model of care delivery.

GI MOTILITY: A SERIES FROM THE AMS, SERIES #10

John A. Bonino and Richard W. McCallum

This article will provide the practicing gastroenterologist, trainees, internists and primary care physicians with a broad-based review of pharmacological therapy available for the medical management of patients with chronic gastroparesis.

NUTRITION ISSUES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY, SERIES #51

Debora Duro and Christopher Duggan

The authors review data addressing the safety and efficacy in diets for treating diarrhea in children and found them lacking in energy, fat and several micronutrients. Their advice?prompt feeding and age appropriate food should continue during acute diarrhea.

THE CELIAC DIET, SERIES #10

Thessa Obrero

Although rare, celiac and kidney disease have been reported in the same individual. This article reviews the renal dietary guidelines and provides suggestions on how to combine these guidelines with managing celiac disease.

A CASE TO REMEMBER

Khalid M. Minhas, Shanthi Manivannan and Faisal A. Bukeirat

The authors write "there appears to be a relationship between gallstones and the development of gallbladder cancer." There certainly was in this case.

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