Despite the fiscal challenges facing the federal government, in a letter written to Congress, eight GI societies urged lawmakers to fund the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Colorectal Cancer Control Program at its current level of $45 million for…
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Missouri University researchers suggest a method of diagnosis developed in mice may eventually lead to a replacement for colonoscopies, according to a University of Missouri news release.
A study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism suggests that rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with glucocorticoids and patients with a history of diverticulitis are at a higher risk for GI perforation.
Results from a study suggest that polyp detection is reduced as time progresses during half- and full-day endoscopy shifts, according to the study's abstract.
Here are 15 statistics on gastroenterologist compensation, based on data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey.
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Patrick Pfau, MD, gastroenterologist at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, discusses how kinematics, the study of how things move, can be used in routine colonoscopy to assess which parameters improve quality, according to an article published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will withdraw the requirement that physicians must sign all laboratory requisition forms, according to a news release from the American Association of Bioanalysts.
Surgeons at UC San Diego Health System used an existing incision from a previous colon surgery, through which they passed instruments used in natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery into the abdomen, to treat metastatic liver cancer, according to a UC…
Researchers suggest that patients taking isotretinoin are at much higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Researchers found balanced propofol sedation, consisting of propofol in combination with midazolam and meperidine, resulted in improved provider and patient satisfaction over conventional sedation while displaying similar adverse events after GI therapeutic procedures, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal…