Thousands of physicians, researchers and academics from around the world will gather in New Orleans in early May for Digestive Disease Week- (DDW-), the premiere scientific conference in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.
Each day of the conference will feature presentations of breakthrough research on a broad variety of gastrointestinal health issues: the latest advances in gastroenterological health for women and children, including the effect of maternal irritable bowel disease on newborns; the use of narcotics among patients with irritable bowel syndrome; research on obesity, including the effect of waist circumference on rectal cancer surgery; and the risk of obesity-related cancer following obesity surgery.
The latest research in the following GI health topics will also be presented during the conference:
- Obesity: Problems and Treatments Around GI Issues
- Women and Children: What Do Their GI Problems and Treatments Entail?
- Colorectal Cancer: The Impact of Screening on Special Populations
- Technology and Procedures: How is the Latest and Greatest Shaping GI Care?
- Dietary Issues: How Supplements or Alcohol May Affect Stomach Problems
- Pancreatic Cancer: Surgery or Chemo?
- Liver Disease: Comorbidities and Transplants, and Outcome Predictors
- Pharmaceuticals: Hepatitis C, Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Research explores the health benefits of resistant starch in plant-based diets