GI & Endoscopy

Researchers at the Dallas Veterans Administration Medical Center found that the use of clopidogrel during polypectomy has a 0.9 percent risk for bleeding in patients who already have a risk for bleeding, according to a news report. Researchers said this…

U.S. guidelines do not recommend weight loss surgery for patients under the age of 18, but a new clinic located in Qatar will start offering the surgery to patients as young as eight, according to a Digital Journal report.

Here are five tips for effective GI/Endoscopy centers.

The treatment of celiac disease varies between practicing gastroenterologists and academic experts, according to a report published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.

A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that women might be able to delay scheduling regular colonoscopies a few years past the generally recommended age of 50.

Researchers suggest endoscopic mucosal resection may be an effective and safe method of completely removing Barrett's esophagus but may also be associated with a high complication rate, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Girish Anand, MD, and Yasmin Karim, MD, have joined Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates in Roswell, Ga., according to a practice release.

Douglas K. Rex, MD, a professor Indiana University School of Medicine, said colonoscopy may eventually be supplanted by another method as the dominant form of colon cancer screening, according to a General Surgery News report.

A large-scale data review by researchers in China showed double balloon enteroscopy to be safe and effective for detection of diseases of the small intestine, according to an American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy news release (pdf).

Celiac disease, an immune reaction to gluten in the GI tract, continues to increase in the United States, according to a Fox News report.