Covidien has finalized a deal to acquire Barrx Medical for $325 million in cash, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
GI & Endoscopy
NYU Langone Medical Center researchers found dendritic cells can safeguard the pancreas against acute pancreatitis, according to findings published in the November issue of journal Gastroenterology.
In 2008, North Star Surgical Center in Lubbock, Texas, added a gastric lap-banding service line to its cadre of procedures. Though the service line has been put on hold temporarily, due to the untimely death of an ASC physician in…
A study found laparoscopic surgery had a lower risk of wound infection and incisional hernia than open bariatric surgery, according to findings published in the Archives of Surgery.
A analysis by the Macmillan Cancer Support found the colon cancer median survival time, or the time when half of those diagnosed have died, increased 17-fold from seven months to ten years since the 1970s, according to a Guardian report.
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Two new studies show certain patients with inflammatory bowel disease may have an increased risk of skin cancer, according to findings published in Gastroenterology and an American Gastroenterological Association news release.
A colon cancer screening campaign in New York City increased the proportion of adults getting colonoscopies and erased racial and gender gaps in screening, according to findings published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Representatives Jim Glenn and Bob DeWeese have pre-filed a bill that would allocate $8 million over the next two fiscal years for colon cancer screening for uninsured patients in Kentucky, according to a Courier-Journal report.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery issued a white paper on the role of endoscopic bariatric therapies in treating obesity and obesity-related diseases, according to an ASGE news release.
A Global Industry Analysts report predicts the global gastroenterology endoscopy device market will reach $6.4 billion by 2017, according to a Global Industry Analysts news release.