GI & Endoscopy

Loveland, Colo.-based UCHealth recently performed a procedure with a Sterizone VP4 Sterilizer-sterilized duodenoscope.

Gastroenterologist George K. John, MD, is joining University of Maryland Community Medical Group's practice in Easton, Md., The Star Democrat reports.

Telemedicine is changing how physicians view medicine, according to Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Corey Siegel, MD, who shared his thoughts on the subject in AGA Perspectives.

Here are three gastroenterologists that made news recently:

A study, published in Gastroenterology, compared the effectiveness of FOB-Gold and OC-Sensor in detecting advanced neoplasia.

The American Gastroenterological Association is urging legislators to improve prescription drug pricing.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Medical Partners added Nimal Patel, DO, to practice out of the system's Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based location, the Murfreesboro Post reports.

New research published in Cancer Cell found genetically manipulating and removing the mutant form of the p53 gene tumor growth and tissue invasion is reduced.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Aug. 9 to Aug. 15, 2018:

Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Medical Clinic's adenoma detection rate for colonoscopies is above the national average, WGNS Radio reported.