GI & Endoscopy

East Lansing-based Michigan State University researchers identified what they believe causes intestinal inflammation, one of the first stages of irritable bowel syndrome, Newsweek reports.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of June 11 to June 15, 2018:

Higher circulating vitamin D levels are associated with a significantly lower risk of colorectal cancer in women, according to a study in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Here are four gastroenterologists that made news recently:

Brent Gray, MD, is a gastroenterologist at College Station-based Central Texas Gastroenterology Consultants.

Here are three practices and hospitals making headlines this past week:

OmniVision Technologies and Myriad Fiber developed what they call the medical industry's first commercial prototype for an endoscopic surgery tool with built-in camera, Sensors reports.

A study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, claims nurses were more effective than physicians when put in charge of colorectal cancer surveillance, reducing the number of unnecessary colonoscopies, Medical Xpress reports.

Here are seven updates on GI companies from the past week:

The FDA granted Custom Ultrasonics' System 83-plus Automated Endoscope Reprocessor approval to reprocess Olympus TJF-Q180V and Pentax ED-3490TK duodenoscopes.