GI & Endoscopy

Olympus Corp. has announced it has acquired Spirus Medical, an endoscope insertion device manufacturer based in Stoughton, Mass.

A subsidiary of GE Healthcare is developing a contrast agent that can help detect nearly invisible colon cancer polyps, according to a report by News Medical.

Married people had better outcomes than single people in a study of colon cancer patients, according to a report in Clinical Oncology.

The Colon Cancer Alliance, a national patient advocacy organization, has expressed its concern over proposed Medicare cuts for medical imaging services and their potential impact on colon cancer screenings.

A new study showed fewer complications and lower costs over the long term for diabetics undergoing gastric banding than those undergoing gastric bypass surgery, according to a report by WebMD.

A new study traces the cause of the U.S. obesity epidemic to Americans eating larger portions and doing so more often in the past 30 years, according to a news release by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

A recent study of patients with colon cancer that had spread to distant sites found that many were treated with costly chemotherapy that is not considered effective, according to a report by Endo Nurse.

A new analysis of hospital data showed that patients discharged within one day after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery had higher mortality rates, according to a report by Internal Medical News.

A nationwide poll has found that follow-up colon cancer screening rates for age groups recommended for screening are remarkably low, according to a news release by the Colon Cancer Alliance.

Some providers have extended the use of gastric band surgery to patients with lower body mass indexes, following a recent FDA decision to lower the BMI threshold, according to a report by Mass Device.