Latest news from American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/dr-amy-oxentenko-elected-president-of-the-american-college-of-gastroenterology/?sc=rsin /articles/dr-amy-oxentenko-elected-president-of-the-american-college-of-gastroenterology/?sc=rsin Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:00:00 EST Gastroenterologist Amy S. Oxentenko, MD, FACG, was elected by the membership as the 2024-2025 President of the ACG, a national medical organization representing more than 19,000 clinical gastroenterologists and other specialists in digestive diseases. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/new-clinical-advances-in-gastroenterology-presented-at-the-american-college-of-gastroenterology-s-89th-annual-scientific-meeting/?sc=rsin /articles/new-clinical-advances-in-gastroenterology-presented-at-the-american-college-of-gastroenterology-s-89th-annual-scientific-meeting/?sc=rsin Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:00:00 EST Gastroenterologists and other GI health care professionals will convene at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, for the premier clinical gastroenterology event--the American College of Gastroenterology's 89th Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course (ACG 2024). American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/featured-lectures-at-the-2024-acg-annual-scientific-meeting-and-postgraduate-course/?sc=rsin /articles/featured-lectures-at-the-2024-acg-annual-scientific-meeting-and-postgraduate-course/?sc=rsin Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:00:00 EST This year's lectures highlight time and process management for physicians, leveraging networks for clinical research, innovations in endoscopy, kindness-influenced trust and healing, and personal and professional opportunities in Africa. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/american-college-of-gastroenterology-acg-2024-scientific-meeting-wire/?sc=rsin /articles/american-college-of-gastroenterology-acg-2024-scientific-meeting-wire/?sc=rsin Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:20:54 EST American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2024 Scientific Meeting Wire Sent American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/bowel-prep-quality-insurance-barriers-to-care-included-in-the-october-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/bowel-prep-quality-insurance-barriers-to-care-included-in-the-october-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:30:34 EST The October issue of AJG highlights new clinical science and reviews on insurance barriers to care in IBD and CRC screening, a follow-up strategy for small HCC, and the role of bowel prep quality in colonoscopy findings and CRC deaths. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/new-helicobacter-pylori-guideline-quality-indicators-for-colonoscopy-and-endoscopy-in-the-september-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/new-helicobacter-pylori-guideline-quality-indicators-for-colonoscopy-and-endoscopy-in-the-september-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:05:24 EST The September issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes an updated clinical guideline on Helicobacter pylori, providing new first-line recommendations for the treatment of the condition. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/acgasge-release-updated-quality-indicators-for-colonoscopy/?sc=rsin /articles/acgasge-release-updated-quality-indicators-for-colonoscopy/?sc=rsin Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:00:13 EST ACG and ASGE have issued recommendations on quality indicators for colonoscopy, the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening (CRC). American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/inflammatory-bowel-disease-televisits-added-rsv-risks-and-more-in-the-august-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/inflammatory-bowel-disease-televisits-added-rsv-risks-and-more-in-the-august-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:05:06 EST The August issue of AJG includes articles on IBD, including the use of telehealth and added risks for RSV hospitalization, and the updated nomenclature for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/new-acg-clinical-guideline-on-focal-liver-lesions-and-more-in-the-july-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/new-acg-clinical-guideline-on-focal-liver-lesions-and-more-in-the-july-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:05:43 EST The July issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes an updated clinical guideline on focal liver lesions, which are increasingly common findings in abdominal imaging. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/obesity-special-issue-published-in-the-american-journal-of-gastroenterology/?sc=rsin /articles/obesity-special-issue-published-in-the-american-journal-of-gastroenterology/?sc=rsin Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:05:54 EST The issue discusses population trends in obesity, the role of food insecurity and food-related behavior in obesity, how obesity affects predisposition to diseases and response to therapies, treatment and management options including exercise prescriptions, and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in obesity management. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/polypectomy-technique-artificial-intelligence-and-more-in-the-may-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/polypectomy-technique-artificial-intelligence-and-more-in-the-may-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Wed, 08 May 2024 13:05:31 EST The May issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology highlights new clinical science and reviews on hepatic encephalopathy management using a smartphone app's artificial intelligence, cyclic vomiting syndrome prevalence and incidence, alcohol-associated liver disease and alcohol use disorder in young women, and polypectomy technique. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/liver-disease-h-pylori-therapies-and-more-in-the-april-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/liver-disease-h-pylori-therapies-and-more-in-the-april-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:05:18 EST In the April issue of AJG: New clinical science and reviews on the effectiveness of H. pylori therapies, privacy considerations around video endoscopy as big data, liver disease and cirrhosis, and dysplasia detection in IBD. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/musicians-colbie-caillat-lisa-loeb-rufus-wainwright-hilary-hahn-and-more-support-colorectal-cancer-awareness-in-free-webcast-concert/?sc=rsin /articles/musicians-colbie-caillat-lisa-loeb-rufus-wainwright-hilary-hahn-and-more-support-colorectal-cancer-awareness-in-free-webcast-concert/?sc=rsin Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:00:48 EST The American College of Gastroenterology Free Virtual Event on March 28, 2024, at 8:00 pm ET, "Tune It Up: A Concert To Raise Colorectal Cancer Awareness" American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/new-acg-guideline-on-the-management-of-acute-pancreatitis-and-more-in-the-march-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/new-acg-guideline-on-the-management-of-acute-pancreatitis-and-more-in-the-march-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:00:59 EST New ACG Clinical Guidelines on the management of acute pancreatitis are featured in the March 2024 issue of AJG American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/the-rising-costs-of-alcohol-associated-liver-disease-and-more-in-the-february-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/the-rising-costs-of-alcohol-associated-liver-disease-and-more-in-the-february-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:00:47 EST A modeling study projecting the economic and social burden of alcohol-associated liver disease by 2040 is featured in the February 2024 issue of AJG, just one month after the new ACG Clinical Guideline on Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/new-guide-to-the-guidelines-book-offers-practical-advice-for-implementing-acg-clinical-guidelines/?sc=rsin /articles/new-guide-to-the-guidelines-book-offers-practical-advice-for-implementing-acg-clinical-guidelines/?sc=rsin Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:00:40 EST Carefully selected vignettes illustrate key concepts from ACG guidelines and provide multiple-choice questions to test readers' knowledge American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/new-acg-guideline-on-alcohol-associated-liver-disease-and-more-in-the-january-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/new-acg-guideline-on-alcohol-associated-liver-disease-and-more-in-the-january-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:50:52 EST A new ACG Clinical Guideline on alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is featured in the January 2024 issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/sexual-and-gender-minorities-in-gi-research-women-s-health-included-in-the-december-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/sexual-and-gender-minorities-in-gi-research-women-s-health-included-in-the-december-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:00:05 EST In the December issue of AJG: assisted reproductive technology among women with liver disease, strategies for incorporating sexual and gender minorities in GI research, anxiety/depression in GERD patients, and more. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/studies-on-higher-infliximab-concentrations-in-ibd-opioid-related-constipation-and-more-in-the-november-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin /articles/studies-on-higher-infliximab-concentrations-in-ibd-opioid-related-constipation-and-more-in-the-november-issue-of-ajg/?sc=rsin Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:00:02 EST The November issue of AJG highlights new clinical science and reviews including additional colonoscopy quality measures, higher infliximab concentrations in IBD patients with higher visceral adipose tissue (VAT), an automated tissue systems pathology test for Barrett's esophagus, and opioid-related constipation. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) /articles/dr-jonathan-leighton-elected-president-of-the-american-college-of-gastroenterology/?sc=rsin /articles/dr-jonathan-leighton-elected-president-of-the-american-college-of-gastroenterology/?sc=rsin Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:00:00 EST Gastroenterologist Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, FACG, was elected by the membership as the 2023-2024 President of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)