Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

Matthew L. Springer, PhD, Sandhya Venugopal, MD, and Kinjan Parikh, MD, discuss the effect of e-cigarettes on cardiovascular health.

Lisa Winston, MD; Ryan Miller, DO; and Neha Nanda, MD, discuss measures to reduce the spread of health care-associated Clostridioides difficile infection.

Researchers have developed a blood test that uses PCR technology to detect early stage liver cancer. Credit: Getty Images

Researchers studied stress and mental well-being among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tamara Horwich, MD, Eugenia Gianos, MD, and Kenneth Fleisher, DDS, reflect on the link between cardiovascular disease and oral health.

Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, and Ibrahim Sultan, MD, discuss the relationship between the weekend effect and poor prognosis following cardiac emergencies.

Cosby A. Stone, MD, and Brigid S. Boland, MD, discuss the controversy of administering live vaccines to infants who were exposed to TNFi during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Joseph J. Jennings, MD, and Cynthia L. Sears, MD, describe the systemic effects of H pylori infection and clinical approaches for treating the extragastric complications.

Cynthia Bulik, PhD, and Helen Burton Murray, PhD, discuss the interrelatedness between gastrointestinal disorders and eating disorders and the need for more clinician awareness.

In this Q&A, Drs Serota and Thakarar discuss the dual subspecialty of infectious disease and addiction medicine and its role in combating the ongoing opioid epidemic.

What are the most effective pharmacologic therapies recommended for treating patients with moderate to severe COVID-19? Drs Sarina Sahetya of Johns Hopkins University, Matthew Exline of Ohio State University, and Minjoung Go of Stanford University offer their perspectives.

Experts discuss the clinical features of, treatments for, and need for further research on the topic of abdominal migraine in pediatric populations.

A look into the growing number of cases of stress cardiomyopathy, also known as Takotsubo syndrome, that have been observed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investigators discuss the current research and need for further study on the effectiveness of the low FODMAP diet in pediatric populations.

Experts discuss the role of the gut microbiome in health inequities and offer suggestions for improving these disparities within research and policy.

Experts discuss disparities in the care of pediatric gastroenterology patients, including the differing rates of gastrointestinal procedures among various groups.

The understudied relationship between muscle mass and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is assessed, including expert opinions the topic.

To discuss the potential factors driving the increasing alcohol use among women as well as potential solutions, we interviewed David Streem, MD, and Leena P. Mittal, MD, FACLP.

Anna Lembke, MD, discusses how patients who use drugs are affected by the convergence of 2 public health emergencies – increasing overdose rates, and the COVID-19 pandemic – and addresses controversial solutions proposed by other investigators.

Monisha Sharma, PhD, and Charlene Dewey, MD, provide insight into the current landscape that leads to physician burnout and the next steps to combat it.

In the United States, approximately 3.5 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus, which contributes to psychological and cognitive disorders for about half of all patients.

The review authors used existing evidence to recommend a new model of palliative care integration in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Several physicians explore the etiology of osteopenia and osteoporosis in patients with HIV and HCV who are undergoing antiretroviral therapy.

New guidelines on eosinophilic esophagitis management were recently developed with the aim of informing treatment decisions among pediatric and adult allergists and gastroenterologists.

Managing the risk for infection is one of the primary tasks in optimizing outcomes for solid organ transplant recipients.

Gaps in care for patients with hepatitis C infection and possible interventions were explored in interviews with several doctors.