GI & Endoscopy

Stephen H Caldwell, MD, is director of hepatology at Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health.

Here are five of the most-read gastroenterology articles last week:

The American College of Physicians released a new colorectal cancer screening guideline statement for adults between 50 and 75 years old without symptoms on Nov. 5.

Takeda continued to divest a number of its over-the-counter products and other non-core assets as it attempts to rein in its Shire-related debt, the drugmaker announced Nov. 5.

Raymond DuBois, MD, PhD, and Anil Rustgi, MD, were elected to the National Academy of Medicine for their research into GI cancers.

Atlanta-based United Digestive partnered with Savannah, Ga.-based Center for Digestive & Liver Health.

Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, is associate chief of clinical services for the UPMC division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.

Finding colonic polyps in patients under 60 did not increase the likelihood of advanced adenomas during a follow-up colonoscopy, Medpage Today reports.

Dallas-based GI Alliance acquired Indianapolis Gastroenterology and Hepatology, its third acquisition in three weeks.

  Sandeep Mukherjee, MD, is chief of the division of gastroenterology at CHI Health Creighton University–Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha, Neb