Zachary, La.-based Lane Gastroenterology is providing its patients free colorectal cancer diagnostic tests in recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, The Advocate reports.
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A Boston-based firm is developing an artificial intelligence algorithm that can detect missed cases of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News reports.
Here are four updates on gastroenterology and industry-relevant companies to note from the past week:
Valeria Cohran, MD, is the intestinal rehabilitation and transplantation director at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
Despite guidelines to begin colorectal cancer screening at 45, newly released data said Americans put off their initial screening until 58.
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Gastroenterologist Vaibhav Wadhwa, MD, met with an associate of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz,D-Fla., to discuss step therapy reform.
Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Medical Center colorectal surgeon Charles Friel, MD, dressed up as a red colon polyp to educate staff and patients about colon cancer prevention, CBS 19 reported.
A study published in Gut analyzed the effectiveness of Shanghai Wision AI's artificial intelligence-based computer aided detection system, which found significantly more adenomas and polyps than standard colonoscopy alone.
Morgantown-based West Virginia University Cancer Institute researchers are assessing a novel blood test for detecting colorectal cancer.
Kevin Liebovich, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gurnee, Ill.-based Lake Shore Gastroenterology, weighed the pros and cons of at-home fecal immunochemical tests and colonoscopies in a Milwaukee Business Journal article.