GI & Endoscopy

Here are the most read gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Nov. 1 through Nov. 7:

Thomas F. Imperiale, MD, a professor of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Indiana School of Medicine and a research scientist at the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research wrote an editorial published in the…

The American Gastroenterological Association lauded the FDA's proposal to have probiotics manufactures disclose the amount of live microbial components in their products using a specific measurement.

Perth, Australia-based University of Western Australia researchers developed an acoustic sensing belt that diagnoses gut disorders, news.com.au reports.

Andrew Ippoliti, MD, is a gastroenterologist at the Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine, University of South California.

Here are three updates from gastroenterology companies from the past week:

Southlake-based Texas Digestive Disease Consultants found a private equity partner in Waud Capital Partners, concluding a search process that began earlier this year.

Exact Sciences partnered with Epic to handle its information technology systems, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

New research published in Gastroenterology examined advanced adenomas in black and white populations.

Charleston, W.Va.-based gastroenterologist Steven Matulis, MD, was sentenced to up to five years in prison and must pay a $10,000 fine after he was convicted of sexually abusing several patients, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.