If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. Melanie Gray Miller, a 30-year-old doctor, wiped away her tears as she described the isolation she felt after losing a beloved patient. “It was at the end of a night shift, when bad things always seem to happen,” said Miller, who is training to be a pediatrician. The boy had been ill for months in the Medical University…
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New chronic constipation guideline evaluates treatment options
A new practice guideline aims to help clinicians navigate an increasingly crowded field of over-the-counter and prescription treatment options for chronic idiopathic constipation in otherwise healthy people. The guideline, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, was jointly developed by the American Gastroenterological Association and the American College of Gastroenterology. It marks the first AGA update on chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC), also called functional constipation, in a decade. In an interview, guideline lead author Lin Chang, MD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, noted that CIC is defined as…
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