Matt Woo

Gastroenterologist | Interest in Gastrointestinal Motility | @ucalgary

[Andrew Ong @AndrewOngML]

https://t.co/bZmEh1ULKj

Timely update to Lyon Consensus for #GERD, now version 2

Interesting updates
- re-look at GERD definition
- Adjunct metrics play larger role
- LA grade B is conclusive evidence
- on-therapy metrics discussed
- approach varies based on sx

#GITwitter

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

@lw_peter Congrats guys!!

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

This Canadian study shows why "right on red" is so dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists:

"At red light turns, driver attention was heavily skewed toward leftward traffic" -- i.e., not on the people walking/biking to the right.

https://t.co/835kdZn0sk

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

@alamyyc @FascinAsianFF I loved her insights, especially her thoughts in Chinatown as a '15 minute' city. Thanks for moderating!

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

Karen Cho, director of Big Fight in Little Chinatown: the struggles of Chinatowns are allied with those of other marginalized communities @FascinAsianFF #AsianHeritageMonth

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

Dr. Khan: focal elevated pressures within the panesophageal pressure band in Ach2 may represent a distinct subtype (?more circular muscle spasticity) ➔
personalized tx #DDW2023 @DDWMeeting

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

@SabraGibbens @DDWMeeting Post-chole sx typically has an element of pain but these pts often have bile acid diarrhea!

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

Dr. Camilleri: some take home points on the dx and tx of bile acid diarrhea @DDWMeeting #DDW2023

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

Dr. Lazarescu: manometric parameters do not predict dysphagia post anti-reflux surgery ➔ IEM (and maybe AC) can go for fundoplication #DDW2023
@DDWMeeting
#esophagus

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

@DrDaveRod @DDWMeeting Usually empirically treat! I have ordered sehcat in select situations where I have a high suspicion for BAD but there is poor response to bile acid sequestrants

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

@DrDaveRod Nice! Well done!!

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

@sconglymd @CMAJ @CalDomMed @UCalgaryMed @DalhousieU @RomeFoundation @JohannahRuddy Especially topical now, with Ozempic getting a shoutout at the Oscars!

[John E Marriott Photography @JohnEMarriott]

So the AB Govt basically just used the $90 Kananaskis Pass all of us hikers/skiers/bikers/etc pay each year to access the area to fund $8M in ATV Trail upgrades, despite ATV users BEING EXEMPT from having to buy the pass. Tell us more about how you’re “protecting our parks” #WTF

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

This is one of the first mainstream articles about #InducedDemand aka #LawOfCongestion that made a splash on social media & really penetrated public perception. Still one of the best articles. At the time, I saw it as a turning point. From 2014 in @WIRED. https://t.co/mZbJ0vNhsH

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

@Matticusssss Thanks for the tip!

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

“We used to think cars only killed people if they crashed into them, but now we know motor traffic threatens our health in many ways.”

A New Zealand study has shown how cars take lives beyond just traffic accidents. Zainab Hussain reports
#BMJClimate
https://t.co/MGojpt9gGN

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

Dr. Guy Boeckxstaens: multiple novel molecular targets (including mast cells) in the treatment of IBS- the future is bright! #UEGWeek #UEGW2022

[Matt Woo @mmkwoo]

Dr. Giovanni Barbara: microbiota contained within mucosal biofilms in the colon may play a role in symptom generation in IBS/IBD #UEGWeek #UEGWeek22