Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network are offering colonoscopies at locations across Southwestern Pennsylvania on Saturdays this fall, the almanac reports.  By Angie Stewart - 11/14/18

Southlake-based Texas Digestive Disease Consultants closed an investment with Waud Capital Partners Nov. 2, forming a gastroenterology-facing practice management company called The GI Alliance.   By Eric Oliver - 11/14/18

Motus GI released its third quarter 2018 financial results, posting a $5.2 million net loss, or a $0.33 loss per diluted share.  By Eric Oliver - 11/14/18

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recommends providers encourage chronic heartburn patients to think differently about their disease and recognize its potential effects.  By Eric Oliver - 11/14/18

Patient adherence to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases' chronic hepatitis B virus guidelines is suboptimal, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Advisor reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/14/18

A mother whose five children are at high genetic risk for colon cancer was searching for a facility where they could undergo regular screenings. She selected New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Endoscopy Center, The Herald-News reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/13/18

St. Louis-based SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital will break ground on a $9 million pediatric healthcare center in St. Louis, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/13/18

The American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Gastroenterological Association praised a number of CMS' changes to the ASC payment final rule in a release.  By Rachel Popa - 11/13/18

  Jon LaPook, MD, gastroenterologist and chief medical correspondent for CBS News, underwent a colonoscopy aided by artificial intelligence, WDEF reported.  By Rachel Popa - 11/12/18

  Katie Farah, MD, is the director of the McCandless (Pa.) Endoscopy Center.  By Rachel Popa - 11/12/18

There were no differences in physical activity level, clinical characteristics or comorbid conditions among rectal cancer survivors who underwent either low anterior resection or abdominoperineal resection, according to a study in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.  By Shayna Korol - 11/12/18

Little Rock, Ark.-based Premier Gastroenterology Associates partnered with real estate company Newmark Moses Tucker Partners of Little Rock to turn a closed Kmart shopping center into its new practice.  By Eric Oliver - 11/12/18

Gardner, Mass.-based Heywood Healthcare recognized several of its providers, including gastroenterologist Edmund J. Taylor, MD, during a dinner event, Athol Daily News reports.  By Eric Oliver - 11/12/18

The American Gastroenterological Association recognized New York City-based New York University's Lea Ann Chen, MD, as a rising microbe investigator.  By Eric Oliver - 11/12/18

Here are three gastroenterologists who made headlines this past week:  By Rachel Popa - 11/9/18

Farzana Rashid Hossain, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.  By Rachel Popa - 11/9/18

A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology examined how follow-up colonoscopy time after positive fecal immunochemical testing affects colorectal cancer rate.  By Eric Oliver - 11/9/18

Here are the most read gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Nov. 1 through Nov. 7:  By Rachel Popa - 11/8/18

Thomas F. Imperiale, MD, a professor of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Indiana School of Medicine and a research scientist at the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research wrote an editorial published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology about the potential that "precision surveillance" techniques in colonoscopy have to improve outcomes for patients.  By Rachel Popa - 11/8/18

The American Gastroenterological Association lauded the FDA's proposal to have probiotics manufactures disclose the amount of live microbial components in their products using a specific measurement.  By Eric Oliver - 11/8/18