Today's Top 20 Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Stories
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Prescient Medicine, Metabiomics developing CRC detecting test — 3 insights
Prescient Medicine Holdings and Metabiomics partnered to develop a microbiome diagnostic platform to diagnose gastrointestinal diseases including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome. - 9/18/18 -
GI leader to know: Dr. Jacob Karr of The Gastro Clinic
Jacob R. Karr, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Lafayette, La.-based The Gastro Clinic. - 9/17/18 -
St. Luke's Gastroenterology Associates adds Dr. Yonatan Hillman — 3 insights
Yonatan Hillman, MD, joined Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke's Gastroenterology Associates. - 9/17/18 -
Motus GI's Pure-Vu Slim Sleeve receives FDA clearance — 4 insights
The FDA awarded Motus GI's Pure-Vu Slim Sleeve 510(k) clearance, expanding Motus' reach to encompass the full range of gastrointestinal procedures. - 9/17/18 -
Judge drops sexual abuse, assault counts against West Virginia gastroenterologist, others remain — 4 insights
A Kanawha County ( W.Va.) circuit court judge dropped a sexual assault and a sexual abuse count against Charleston, W.Va., gastroenterologist Steven Matulis, MD, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports. - 9/17/18 -
Dr. Akira Horiuchi wins Ig Nobel Prize for self-colonoscopy research — 5 insights
Akira Horiuchi, MD, was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for medical education for his colonoscopy research, The Japan Times reports. - 9/17/18 -
GI leader to know: Dr. Karlina Patton of Tri-State Gastro
Karlina Patton, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Crestview Hills, Ky.-based Tri-State Gastro. - 9/14/18 -
Drs. Steven Brown, Karima Boubekeur & more: 5 GI physicians making headlines
Here are five gastroenterologists that made news in the past week: - 9/14/18 -
Dr. Laxmi Parsa joins Erlanger's Academic Gastroenterology — 3 insights
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System added Laxmi Parsa, MD, to its gastroenterology staff, Chattanoogan.com reports. - 9/14/18 -
Bayer adds liver damage warning label to stomach relief drops — 3 insights
Bayer added a warning to its prescription-free stomach relief Iberogast drops after a patient died from the product, MDLinx reports. - 9/14/18 -
Flexible robotic scope allows physicians to remove CRC lesions with new approach
The Flex Robotic System allows surgeons to remove large colorectal lesions through minimally invasive surgery, MDLinx reports. - 9/14/18 -
5 must-read articles for GI physicians this week: Sept. 6-12
Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Sept. 6 to Sept. 12, 2018: - 9/13/18 -
Bausch Health settles intellectual property suit with Actavis over IBS-D drug — 5 insights
Bausch Health and Salix Pharmaceuticals settled outstanding intellectual property claims against their drug Xifaxan from generic drugmaker Actavis Laboratories. - 9/13/18 -
Sherman Prize names 2018 winners — 6 insights
The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation awarded three 2018 Sherman Prizes to Pittsburgh-based UPMC's David Binion, MD, New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospitals' Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD, and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's Amy Lightner, MD. - 9/13/18 -
Colorectal cancer 3rd most common cancer, 2nd most deadly — 6 new research insights
The World Health Organization released new cancer tracking numbers, finding colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world and the second deadliest, CNN reports. - 9/13/18 -
GI leader to know: Dr. Donald Martin of Kansas Gastrointestinal Associates
Donald J. Martin, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Overland Park, Kan.-based Gastrointestinal Associates. - 9/12/18 -
Gastro Health, Salix Pharmaceuticals & more — 7 GI company key notes
Here are seven updates on GI companies from the past week: - 9/12/18 -
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation chapter names Dr. Steven Brown Humanitarian of the Year — 3 insights
Steven Brown, MD, will receive the Humanitarian of the Year award from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Connecticut chapter at the group's "Bottoms Up" event, Nov. 2 in Hartford, Conn, we-ha.com reports. - 9/12/18 -
New AGA grant encourages diverse workforce development — 5 insights
The American Gastroenterological Association received National Institutes of Health funding to support its AGA Forward Program. - 9/12/18 -
Takeda closing US headquarters, 1K workers potentially affected — 6 insights
Takeda will close its U.S. headquarters in Deerfield, Ill., and move the work to Boston, the Chicago Tribune reports. - 9/12/18