GI & Endoscopy

Researchers investigated whether plasma inflammatory markers were linked to a risk of colorectal cancer and whether the use of anti-inflammatory drugs was differentially linked to risk of CRC according to baseline levels of inflammatory markers, according to a study published…

Allergan, the maker of wrinkle treatment Botox and eyelash treatment Latisse, is seeking FDA approval to significantly lower how obese patients must be to qualify for lap-band surgery, according to a Daily Finance report.

Karen Smith, nursing director at Central Illinois Endoscopy Center in Peoria, Ill., describes three ways her GI/endoscopy-driven ASC has increased savings through improved materials management.

Four Tennessee gastroenterologists have opened a new practice called Gastroenterology Consultants, located in Cookeville, Tenn., according to a report from the Herald-Citizen.

Gastroenterologist Ian Renner, MD, has joined the active medical staff at Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital in San Andreas, Calif., according to a Pine Tree report.

Linda Beaver, RN, MSN, MHA, administrator at Gateway Endoscopy Center in St. Louis, shares a best practice on how ASCs can achieve more effective and successful colonoscopy screenings with patients.

Linda Beaver, RN, MSN, MHA, administrator of Gateway Endoscopy Center in St. Louis, discusses how her ASC worked to ensure physicians were withdrawing scopes during GI procedures in the proper amount of time.

Bunny Twiford, RN, president of Twiford Consulting in Warminster, Pa., shares six things GI-driven ASCs should benchmark.

Here are 10 statistics about gross charges for GI/endoscopy cases in the ASC setting, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

A New Orleans physician has reported the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a salivary stone and repair the salivary duct, according to a Medical News report.