Johnson on Gastroenterology

• AGA Offers Key Guidance on Managing Subepithelial GI Lesions   Dr David Johnson highlights new best practice recommendations on these lesions commonly encountered during routine endoscopy.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, January 10, 2023
• 13 Highlights From ACG 2022   Dr David Johnson shares the latest data from this year's meeting, which range from novel treatments for C difficile to the use of virtual reality in treating dyspepsia.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 01, 2022
• UEG 2022 Challenges to Colonoscopy as Gold Standard for CRC Screening?   A new study calls into question whether colonoscopy screening is as effective in preventing risks for colorectal cancer and related death. Dr David Johnson shares his perspective on the findings
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 13, 2022
• Sugar-Free Paradox: Do Artificial Sweeteners Help or Hurt?   Dr David Johnson on the paradoxical findings that the sugar-free options we recommend to patients may end up producing similarly negative effects.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, September 26, 2022
• 'Alarming' CRC Screening Preferences Among Younger Patients   Dr David Johnson on the risks of younger patients moving toward FIT screening and away from colonoscopy.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, September 21, 2022
• DDW 2022 10 Highlights From Digestive Disease Week 2022   With a focus on newly approved treatments and those seemingly on the verge, this year's meeting had clear practice-changing implications, says Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, June 08, 2022
• New Barrett's Esophagus Guidelines May Be Practice-Changing   Dr David Johnson discusses the impact these guidelines will have on the diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of this common condition.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 03, 2022
• Gastroenterologists Can Do Better at Managing Antithrombotics   We need to be more mindful of stopping anticoagulants/antiplatelets during acute GI bleeds and endoscopy, says Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 14, 2022
• 10 Considerations When Dilating Benign Esophageal Strictures   Dr David Johnson reviews a recently published set of expert tips and offers his own advice gleaned from more than 40 years of performing this procedure.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 10, 2022
• Top 10 Tips for Performing Surveillance in IBD   Dr David Johnson shares recent recommendations from Dr Uma Mahadevan, an expert in the field of IBD, and how to best follow these patients at risk for cancer.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 02, 2022
• Rumination Syndrome's Surprisingly High Global Prevalence   The largest-yet study of rumination syndrome leads Dr David Johnson to consider the best ways of differentiating it from other disorders.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, January 12, 2022
• 11 Studies to Know From ACG 2021   Dr David Johnson shares new data with "eye-opening" implications from this year's American College of Gastroenterology meeting.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 04, 2021
• The Time to Increase Our Adenoma Detection Rates Is Now   Dr David Johnson explains why we must aim for aspirational adenoma detection rates well beyond what we've had in years past.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, August 30, 2021
• New ACG Guidelines on 'C difficile': Key Takeaways   Dr David Johnson highlights the practice-changing implications of expert recommendations on diagnosing and managing these common infections.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, June 17, 2021
• DDW 2021 15 Need-to-Know Presentations From DDW 2021   From no-frills behavioral interventions to paradigm-shifting artificial intelligence research, this year's meeting had something for everyone, according to Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 26, 2021
• ACG's Latest Guidelines Move the Goalposts for CRC Screening   Dr David Johnson highlights the American College of Gastroenterology's key recommendations for whom to screen and when.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 30, 2021
• New AASLD Guidelines Reconsider Bleeding Risk in Cirrhosis   Dr David Johnson comments on the paradigm-shifting implications of these guidelines on coagulation and bleeding in patients with cirrhosis.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 04, 2021
• Common Antibiotics for Diverticulitis Have Higher C difficile Risks   Dr David Johnson comments on new data indicating that it may be time to move away from metronidazole plus a fluoroquinolone in certain patients.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, February 25, 2021
• 10 Highlights From ACG's 'Virtually' Perfect Annual Meeting   According to Dr David Johnson, this year's meeting didn't suffer from moving online, with an abundance of important research.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 09, 2020
• Colonoscopy Prep: Overturning the Clear-Liquid Diet   Dr David Johnson shares new data showing comparable outcomes for low-residue diets, a more patient-friendly means of bowel prep.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 19, 2020