These are some of my favorite posts of the past year.

Humor:

• YouTube: Coronavirus Horse Race
• SNL Madame Vivelda

GI:

• AGA Practice Guidelines: Probiotics NOT Helpful for Most GI Conditions
• Video for Patients: Benefits and Risks of IBD Treatment and Risks of Untreated IBD
• Expert Guidance on IBD: Part 1 -Current Management, Part 2, and Part 3
• The Downside of Home Infusion of Biologics
• Diagnostic Strategy for a Child with Diarrhea and Abdominal Pain

Endoscopy:

• Timing of Upper Endoscopy for GI Bleeding –Is It Safer to Wait for a Bit?
• Blog Case Report: Colonic Polyp and Elevated Calprotectin
• Hemospray Efficacy and Rebleeding
• Trichobezoar: Don’t Do What They Did

Liver:

• Landmark Study: Universal Screening for Biliary Atresia –It Works!
• Online Aspen Webinar (Part 3): Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
• Online Aspen Webinar (Part 4): How to Treat Hepatitis C & Medical Progress: Toward Hepatitis C Elimination

Nutrition

• FDA ‘Safety Initiative’ Now Means an Ounce of Ethanol Costs $30,000 (this has a big impact for short bowel syndrome patients)

COVID-19:

• COVID-19 Posts (published April 4th)
• How to Protect Healthcare Workers from COVID-19 This blog (3/21/20) promoted an article published was very influential in helping make healthcare workplaces more safe.

Other:

• Get Ready for 2021 Coding Changes
• How Allergy Testing Can Lead to More Allergies and “The Truth About Allergies and Food Sensitivity Tests”