Feature

Potassium-Competitive Acid Blockers and Proton Pump Inhibitors: The Dynamic Duo of Acid Blockers

Abstract: The management of acid-based disorders was transformed in the 1980s with the advent of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which target the hydrogen-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (proton […]

Feature

Management of Overweight and Obesity in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Abstract: Increasing evidence has linked obesity to complications of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, data are limited on the efficacy and impact of weight management strategies […]

Letter From the Editor

Letter From the Editor: Examining Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

Is there a role for using hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat patients who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? This month’s issue of Gastroenterology & Hepatology includes […]

Advances in IBD

The Potential Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

G&H Why has hyperbaric oxygen therapy been considered for the treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease? PD Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which encompasses both Crohn’s […]

MASH in Focus

Overview of Lean MASH and MASLD

G&H How should lean metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis be defined? VW By definition, if someone is labeled as having lean metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), 2 criteria should […]

Advances in Hepatology

Highlights From the Recent World Health Organization Guidelines for Hepatitis B Virus Infection

G&H How much progress has been made, particularly in the United States, toward achieving the World Health Organization goal of global hepatitis B elimination by 2030? […]

Advances in Endoscopy

Endoscopic Approach to Biliary Strictures

G&H What are the main indications for performing cholangioscopy in the evaluation of biliary strictures? SE There are a few indications for performing cholangioscopy in biliary […]

Advances in GERD

Are All Esophageal Ulcers Caused by Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?

G&H What are some important clinical differences between gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal ulcers? NC Esophageal ulcers can occur as a result of gastroesophageal reflux disease […]