President Joe Biden on Nov. 19 will have a colonoscopy as part of an annual physical exam, The Hill reports.
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Construction will begin next year on an MNGI Digestive Health endoscopy center in Maple Grove, Minn.
Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences — a firm known for Cologuard, its colorectal cancer screening pill — is partnering with Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health for research on a new multicancer earlier detection test, according to a Nov. 18 Yahoo Finance report.
Bariatric surgery can reduce the risk of serious liver conditions in patients with advanced liver disease by as much as 88 percent, according to a Cleveland Clinic study published Nov. 11 in JAMA.
Gastro Health signed a definitive agreement to partner with North Miami, Fla.-based Digestive Care Center, the medical group said Nov. 17 in a news release shared with Becker's.
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Medtronic's PillCam Small Bowel 3 system for remote endoscopy procedures received 510(k) clearance from the FDA, the company said Nov. 15.
Obesity costs the U.S. healthcare system $147 billion per year, according to the CDC. The disease touches many areas of healthcare and accounts for a sizable portion of GI surgeons' cases.
The United States Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer updated its screening guidelines to recommend a colorectal cancer screening for average-risk individuals ages 45-49, the task force said Nov. 15.
Wyoming is ranked the top state in the country for gastroenterologists to live and work by job market research company Zippia.
Private equity and artificial intelligence are two of the most controversial issues in gastroenterology, according to five gastroenterologists who spoke to Becker's ASC Review.