Edward Loftus
@EdwardLoftus2
I'm a Mayo specialist in evaluation and management of patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Tweets are mine. Retweet doesn't mean endorsement.
The National Weather Service (NWS) is under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Trump proposed cutting 25% of the NOAA budget ($1.6bn) including labs that support NWS. Trump lost 600 NWS officials due to layoffs & retirements. Quite the upgrade. 🙄
Reporter: Why was the national weather service not pinging their phones before 7.. Was it a fundamental failure of the federal government’s responsibility to keep us safe? Noem: Trump is currently upgrading the technology in the national weather service.. we needed to renew this…
💚Welcome to our 2025 #HealioInnovators nomination ceremony! 🔊54 nominees for you to consider 🏆9 winners to be announced at #ACG2025 📅Cast your votes today and join @EdwardLoftus2 and @realDoctorUgo 10/26 in our Phoenix to find out who wins
Strong work John! Basically, most of these patients with Yao have GI symptoms @john_damianosMD @DDS_Journal
⭐️I am thrilled to share our latest publication, which describes the gastrointestinal manifestations of Yao Syndrome (NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease)! link.springer.com/article/10.100… #MedTwitter #GITwitter #rheumatology #rheumtwitter #YaoSyndrome #YAOS
Keep an eye out for the @GuildConference brochure and register! Puerto Rico or Maui. New for 2026: 1. APP Scholars will be going to Puerto Rico 2. GI Fellow Scholars will remain at Maui guildconference.com/2026/
Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease: 2-Year Results from the U-ENDURE Long-Term Extension Study academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/artic… @JCC_IBD
A Prospective Comparison of Ustekinumab & Anti-TNF Therapy in the Treatment of Crohn’s-like Disease of the Pouch @EdBarnesMD, et al 📕doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0… @LauraRaffalsMD @tqaziMD @P_DeepakIBDMD @shannonchangmd @BeniwalPatelMD @ibddoctor @Marylandibddoc @MaiaKayalMD @MLongMD
Episode 4 of the Mayo Clinic Talks podcast series on #IBD — Pouchitis @DarrellPardi @LauraRaffalsMD open.spotify.com/episode/4ywaVx…
Mayo Clinic Talks—#IBD podcast part 3—#microscopic colitis #collagenous #lymphocytic @DarrellPardi @LauraRaffalsMD @MayoClinicGIHep open.spotify.com/episode/3IkzKo…
Mayo Clinic Talks—#IBD podcast part 2 with yours truly, on treatment @MayoClinicGIHep open.spotify.com/episode/7i5GBi…
Also with Naina Coelho! @NayantaraCoelho
Mayo Clinic Talks—Check out our #IBD podcasts—here’s the first one on diagnosis @DavidBruiningMD open.spotify.com/episode/2ThgCW…
Mayo Clinic Talks—Check out our #IBD podcasts—here’s the first one on diagnosis @DavidBruiningMD open.spotify.com/episode/2ThgCW…
#CGH4ALL 📣 💊 GLP-1 agonists in IBD? 👀 Safe, effective for weight loss 🔥 May help reduce inflammation (↓ CRP) 🌟 Especially promising in ulcerative colitis! Read the complete study here @AGA_CGH 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.… Reported by @arianapg @phillyIBDdoc @blakely_md…
Proud to share the first #ECCO Consensus on Dietary Management of #IBD! 30+ experts & patient voices united to turn diet into therapy. academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/artic… Huge thanks to the incredible multidisciplinary team 🌍🙏 #Crohns #Colitis #DietMatters
For what it's worth, this is the same finding we saw in our RCTs for clinical decision support -- (significantly) increased physician time, with no- to-minimal performance gains. Much more to come!
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
Congrats to our 9 editorial fellows! Over the next year, they'll work closely with AGA journal editors and staff and learn about the entire editorial process. @LashaMD_IBD @SamnaniSunil @SedkiMD @Dmarino117 @gioroldanc @MaryamK_Ibrahim ow.ly/y36k50WhHp3
“Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life,” wrote five former NWS directors from both Democratic and Republican administrations in an open letter on May 2nd. In Houston, 44% of NWS positions are vacant.