GI & Endoscopy

The Toronto Stock Exchange approved CRH Medical's intention to renew its normal course issuer bid.

Major gastroenterology societies harshly criticized the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, which makes several significant policy and payment changes.

A machine-learning algorithm developed by Shanghai Wision AI can detect polyps during colonoscopies in real-time and with high sensitivity and specificity, according to a study in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

David E. Cohen, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist at New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian.

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.