GI & Endoscopy

Global Markets Direct released the "Colon Cancer - Pipeline Review, H1 2012" report, according to a Research and Markets news release.

Patricia Raymond, MD, from Virginia Beach, Va., has created a music video she hopes will reach 300,000 African Americans and educate them about starting colonoscopy screenings at age 45, according to a WVEC report.

Gastroenterology Professional Association, a gastroenterology practice, recently opened a third location in Hampton, N.H., according to a Seacoast Online report.

Research conducted by scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests problems controlling blood sugar might begin in the intestines, according to a university news release.

Researchers found laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy is as effective and safe for treatment of early gastric cancer as open gastrectomy, according to findings published in Surgical Endoscopy.

In an editorial in Gastroenterology, associate editor David Lieberman questions how gastroenterologists and endoscopists measure and report on quality measures.

Kansas Gastroenterology and Kansas Endoscopy is renovating a former restaurant building into medical offices, exam rooms and an ambulatory surgery center, according to a Wichita Business Journal report.

Given Imaging's fourth quarter 2011 net income was up 76 percent to $5.6 million, compared to $3.2 in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a news release.

The Colon Cancer Alliance expressed support for the FDA's draft guidance on an improved approval process for biosimilars with a "reference product" already on the market, according to a news release.

Here are five mistakes to avoid when dealing with supplies and equipment specifically for a GI-driven ASC, such as detergents for scopes, disinfectants and pre-owned equipment.