Monthly Archives: June 2018

Tia Waggoner works day-by-day to rebuild her life. Her father says it’s been painful for him and his family to see her live out this tragedy. Continue reading →

During the competition, teams assembled around each idea, designed a proposal and pitched their project implementation plan to a panel of judges, who selected three award winning proposals, which each received $30,000. Continue reading →

Thirty years ago when she was 16, Katie Niemeyer was prescribed carbamazepine for depression. Three weeks later she was in a St. Louis, Missouri, burn unit with second and third degree burns all over her body. Continue reading →

New research from Vanderbilt suggests that repeated seizures reduce brainstem connectivity, a possible contributor to unexplained neurocognitive problems in epilepsy patients. Continue reading →

Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for pancreatic cancer. Aggressive pancreatic tumors contain cancer cells with stem cell features. We investigated whether cigarette smoke induces stem cell features in pancreatic cancer cells. Continue reading →

Gastroenterology is the premiere journal in the field of gastrointestinal disease and is led by an internationally renowned board of editors. As the official journal of the AGA Institute, Gastroenterology delivers up-to-date and authoritative coverag… Continue reading →

The authors and editors present a volume covering a wide variety of endoscopic (and nonendoscopic) “hot topics.” Spanning just >200 pages, the text includes 14 chapters that include applications relevant to endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic ultrasound imaging, as well as a few other related techniques and procedures. The book has a strong international flair, with the vast majority of the authors coming from Italy (US and Asian authors served as contributors to the book as well). Continue reading →