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10 Tips for Improved Communication with Your Patients April 2014
Health care providers spend the majority of their time doing on one communication with their patients. It’s well recognized that good communication skills are [...]
Two Sisters Share Their Experiences Living with Ulcerative Colitis Under Dr. Drossman’s Care April 2014
Holland Graham 38, of Wilmington NC and Perren Rives, 29, of Redding CA, are two sisters living with ulcerative colitis(UC), a chronic, or long-lasting, [...]
Dr. Li-Hua Peng Visits Drossman Center as Part of Rome Foundation-China Collaboration March 2014
I had the honor of welcoming Li-Hua Peng, MD, to the Drossman Center for the Education and Practice of Biopsychosocial Care in Chapel Hill, [...]
Today’s Medical Students are Learning How to Talk with Patients from My Former Students February 2014
A recent feature online at WNPR News, "Medical Students in New Haven Learn How to Deliver Bad News," I have taught patient centered interviewing [...]
Bernard Lown, MD on the Over-Medicalization of Patients February 2014
Wanted to share this amazing BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) interview with renowned cardiologist and peace activist Bernard Lown, MD . In 14 [...]
Narcotic Bowel Syndrome: What You Should Know January 2014
Narcotic bowel syndrome (NBS) is characterized by a paradoxical increase in abdominal pain that is associated with continuous or increasing dosages of narcotics. The [...]
IBS Is No Joking Matter–for Veterans and Others Living with this Condition January 2014
The new memoir by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is unexpectedly drawing attention to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) after media reports highlighted a "special [...]
Sharing Insight on Functional GI Disorders at Brazil’s Digestive Disease Week December 2013
Last month I had the honor of presenting four talks at Brazil's national digestive health meeting. I gave these as keynote presentations to help gastroenterologists learn [...]
Functional Vomiting Syndromes: What You Need to Know December 2013
Vomiting as an occasional symptom is an adaptive physiological process where the body seeks to rid itself of offending substances ingested. It may also [...]
Functional Vomiting Syndromes: Gastroparesis and Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome December 2013
In this review on functional vomiting, I discuss two functional GI syndromes, gastroparesis and cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS). Gastroparesis is a type of obstructive [...]