Bipolar disorder & bariatric surgery

Karen Grothe, Ph.D., L.P., assistant professor of psychology, Mayo Clinic, discusses patients with bipolar disorder who are seeking bariatric surgery. Many patients who struggle with serious mental illness have a difficult time managing ...

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 (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 — 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.