GI & Endoscopy

The independent, Salem, Ohio-based Gastroenterology Center relocated its practice to a new space in Salem, Salem News reports.

The Dyersville Area Community Foundation awarded the Dyersville (Iowa) Health Foundation a grant to purchase new colonoscopy equipment, the Dyersville Commercial reports.

The New York State Department of Health awarded the Broome County Health Department $1.125 million to fund businesses and organizations fighting preventable cancers, the Binghamton Homepage reports.

An American Society of Clinical Oncology survey stated 39 percent of Americans "somewhat" or "strongly" believe cancer can be cured through alternative therapies, Medscape reports.

Cantel Medical Group appointed Bill Haydon as senior vice president and general manager of the company's medical division.

A gastroenterologist who practiced at Marble Falls, Texas-based Baylor Scott & White Specialty Clinic died Oct. 29 after a truck struck his vehicle in Lakeway, Texas, the Daily Trib reported.

Philip N. Styne, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Orlando-based Florida Hospital.

Here are three gastroenterologists who made news this past week:

Pediatric gastroenterologist Martin Fried, MD, 60, was charged with attempted distribution of a painkiller and distribution of other drugs for non-medical reasons, the Asbury Park Press reports.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology articles for the week of Oct. 25 through Oct. 31.