Decreasing chronic inflammation with yoga - great for patients and great for their doctors. Let’s face it who doesn’t need need stress reduction ? #yogamedical

Mindful movement practices, such as yoga and Tai Chi accentuates multiple self-healing processes, provides an opportunity to gain more intimate knowledge of how your body works, and empowers you to play a leading, central role in your own health. stan.md/2iHeZm6

Good news for many functional GI patients: FDA accepts new drug application for prucalopride for chronic idiopathic constipation. ANMS IFFGD UNC Functional GI goo.gl/QeCPgc

Association of Organic Food Consumption With Cancer Risk: Findings Prospective Cohort Study| JAMA Internal Medicine jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Systematic review & meta-analysis on modulating gut #microbiome for #IBS symptoms: (1) little evidence for #prebiotics or #synbiotics (2) some evidence for #probiotics but optimal strain & combination unclear (3) modest benefit for #antibiotic rifaximin in non-constipated IBS

Huge study finds greater #organic food consumption is associated with reduced #cancer risk. Important findings, but causality needs to be interpreted w. caution IMO, as high organic food consumers likely also tend toward other health-protective behaviors maybe not controlled for:

FDA Panel Backs Prucalopride for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation. Data on efficacy and safety reviewed. medscape.com/viewarticle/90…

Honored to be asked to write this article about my approach to the low #FODMAP diet by The American Journal of Gastroenterology. nature.com/articles/s4139…

A number of factors should be considered prior to recommending the low #FODMAP diet to your #IBS patients, says Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN in ACG #AJG Here's what you & your #patients need to know rdcu.be/9Yjr #health #nutrition #IBD #Bloating #women #GIdietitian

Great points by sue robins (she/her). I share the same advice with my mentees & am happy to now have an infographic to summarize it. Trainees (med students, residents, and fellows) especially, save these points somewhere and start putting them into practice. #MedEd

Acupuncture for gastrointestinal disorders: myth or magic ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Kristin 💉x6 💙💜💚 Couple of sites w/very good basic diet plans: med.unc.edu/gi/faculty-sta… & gicare.com/diets/gastropa…. Link 2 main support group: facebook.com/groups/Gastrop…. Articles: gi.org/guideline/mana… & niddk.nih.gov/health-informa…. Also see IFFGD & Maryangela (AGMD).

#TrendingNow Magnus Simren and Jan Tack explore new treatments for #IBS and discuss mechanisms and future targets in this comprehensive Review £ go.nature.com/2tA7Sxa

Rethinking “doing well” on chronic opioid therapy...fantastic editorial on controversial topic of long-term opioids for #chronicpain by David Juurlink via CMAJ cmaj.ca/content/189/39… #PedsPain

Prepping #SurgEd conference abstracts... Reason #87 why SurgWise encourages programs to de-emphasize role of USMLE as a primary screening tool for residency selection.

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Doctors are studying a procedure called "vaginal seeding" in infants born via c-section. Researchers expose babies to friendly bacteria (from mom) they'd receive otherwise via natural birth to see if its safe & if it helps to develop a healthy #microbiome. n.pr/2OXvFEB

Diagnosis and Treatment of Rumination Syndrome cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…