GI & Endoscopy

Here are 10 statistics on the most frequently performed ASC cases, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have discovered key molecular events in the immune system contribute to inflammatory bowel disease, according to a VA Tech news release.

Researchers conducted a study at the University of Michigan and found that androgen deprivation therapy, delivered via injections or surgical castration, resulted in a 30-40 percent increase in risk for colorectal cancer, according to a news release.

Here are 10 new studies or technological breakthroughs impacting the practice of gastroenterology.

Virtual colonoscopies could be a potential alternative to traditional colonoscopies that require patients to drink laxatives the night before the screening to cleanse their colons, according to an InformationWeek news report.

Patients with a family or past history of colorectal cancer should be tested between colonoscopies in order to help detect CRC and advanced tumors that are either missed or develop rapidly, according to a news release by the American Gastroenterological…

Solos Endoscopy announced revenues of $345,146 for the nine months ended Sept. 30, compared to $311,089 in the same period last year, according to a Trading Markets report.

Here are three ideas to increase case volume in your GI-driven ASC through marketing to members of the physician and local community.

Nancy Nikolovski, administrator of Physicians Endoscopy Center in Houston, Texas, has implemented a program at PEC to reward employees for ideas that save the center money. If the change results in significant savings, the employee will share in the profit.…

Almost 50 percent of colorectal and cervical cancer cases and 30 percent of breast cancer cases in the country are diagnosed at a late stage of the disease when treatment is more difficult, according to a news release by the…