GI & Endoscopy

Brian C. Jacobson, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Boston University Gastroenterology.

The American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases are working to create a new recertification pathway.

Colorectal cancer screening rates increased when people had universal access to healthcare, according to a study published in Cancer.

Lin Chang, MD, is a gastroenterologist at the UC Los Angeles Hospital Vatche & Tamar Manounkian Division of Digestive Diseases.

Gemelli Biotech's ibs -smart blood test for IBS patients is now commercially available.

Motus GI presented research demonstrating the effectiveness of its Pure-Vu System at the ACG 2018 Annual Meeting, held Oct. 5 through Oct. 10 in Philadelphia. 

Denver-based The Urology Center of Colorado, Golden-based Surgical Specialists of Colorado and Denver Heart and Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology are partnering to host the 9th Annual State-Of-The-Art Symposium, Oct. 20 in Denver. 

Here are the most read gastroenterology stories for the week of Oct. 4 through Oct. 10:

University of Texas in Houston gastroenterology researcher Keping Xie, PhD, is under investigation for allegedly possessing child pornorgraphy and committing economic espionage, NBC News reports.

Khaled Issa, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic's Westlake-based North Ohio Gastroenterology.