Given Imaging received FDA 510(k) clearance for the PillCam SB 3, a device used to detect and monitor small bowel abnormalities from Crohn's disease, as well as obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia.
GI & Endoscopy
Physicians at Gem Hospital and Research Centre in India have successfully treated six patients with achalasia cardia, according to a Manorama Online report.
Munich-based Elsevier launched its Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy for physicians and scientists.
Stephen Allen, PhD, a professor at Swansea University in the United Kingdom, has discovered that probiotics may not reduce antibiotic-associated diarrhea in elderly patients, according to a Nursing Times report.
A team of European researchers is getting closer to finding the cause of inflammatory bowel disease in order to open up new treatment possibilities, according to a CORDIS report.
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Pentax Medical is sponsoring a live endoscopy course at University College Hospital in London, according to a Zenopa report.
Phase 2 of the clinical study for the drug eluxadoline showed improvements for patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea over the placebo treatment, according to a Healio report.
Mailed outreach invitations brought more underserved patients in for colorectal cancer screenings than for usual care, according to a News-Medical report.
Researchers from Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and Imperial College London have found that white Americans who are eligible for bariatric surgery are twice as likely to undergo the procedure as black Americans, despite more blacks being…
The global market for endoscopy systems is estimated to reach a value of $5.8 billion by 2018, according to a report from Global Industry Analysts.