Gastroenterology

Full-time status significantly declined among female physicians with preschool-aged children

Increased rates of cancer seen among women and men and for cancer at multiple sites, including lip, oral cavity, pharynx, respiratory organs

Follow-up colonoscopy often classified as 'diagnostic' test, not 'routine screening,' and therefore not covered by insurance

Symptoms remain unchanged for many by transplantation, but improve in the three months after transplantation

3.7 million (5.1 percent) children and 28.8 million (14.5 percent) working age adults were uninsured in 2019

However, treatment with proton pump inhibitors is not associated with risk for incident diabetes in the general population

Nadir in pathology reports from GA, LA SEER registries seen in early April 2020, with 42.8 percent fewer reports compared with April 2019

Robot-assisted surgery had longer operative duration than laparoscopy, but no obvious difference compared to open surgery

Bedside case presentation more efficient for patient knowledge, but greater confusion about medical jargon, uncertainty due to team discussions

Sensitivity was 67.6 percent for Stage I to III disease for 12 prespecified cancers accounting for two-thirds of U.S. cancer deaths