Pressure ulcer prevention app

Tamara L. Vos-Draper, O.T., occupational therapist at Mayo Clinic, discusses the problem of pressure sores and preventing them. Her team is developing a smartphone app that provides biofeedback to patients so that they might manage their ...

Large waist linked to poor health, even among those in healthy body mass index ranges

Having a big belly has consequences beyond trouble squeezing into your pants. It's detrimental to your health, even if you have a healthy body mass index (BMI), a new international collaborative study has found.

Mesalamine dose may lower marker of bowel inflammation

Edward V. Loftus Jr., M.D., discusses an article looking at the ability of a drug to drive down calprotectin, a marker of bowel inflammation, in people who have ulcerative colitis.

Grand Rounds — Tales From the Frozen Wasteland: The Epidemiology and Natural History of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in Olmsted County

Edward V. Loftus Jr., M.D., presents Tales From the Frozen Wasteland: The Epidemiology and Natural History of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in Olmsted County.

Grand Rounds (CME): Bedside to Bench to Bedside: Individualizing Diagnosis and Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Arthur Beyder, M.D., Ph.D. and Gianrico Farrugia, M.D. present Bedside to Bench to Bedside: Individualizing Diagnosis and Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Grand Rounds (CME): Weighing Benefits and Risks: Role of Shared Decision Making in Type 2 Diabetes

Sonal Singh, M.D., M.P.H., presents Weighing Benefits and Risks: Role of Shared Decision Making in Type 2 Diabetes.