GI & Endoscopy

Raetta Fountain, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Greenville, N.C.-based Atlantic Gastroenterology.

Olympus Corp., donated approximately $3.2 million in medical equipment to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Foundation.

Here are three gastroenterologists that made news recently:

Three more sexual assault suits were filed against former Charleston, W.Va., gastroenterologist Steven Matulis of Charleston (W.Va.) Gastroenterology Associates, the West Virginia Record reports.

Synergy Pharmaceuticals presented data finding chronic idiopathic constipation and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation were both linked to depressed uroguanylin levels in patients.

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

Young people, specifically white females, are at a higher risk of contracting rectal cancer and the medical community doesn't know why, Medscape reports.

Takeda announced results from its analysis of real-world data comparing the effectiveness of Entyvio to tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist therapy when treating inflammatory bowel disease patients.

Exact Sciences and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers are developing a panel using blood-based DNA biomarkers to detect hepatocellular carcinoma.

Moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis patients treated with mirikizumab, a drug developed by Eli Lilly and Co. to treat autoimmune diseases, achieved significantly greater clinical remission rates at 12 weeks compared to placebo, according to Phase 2 trial results presented at Digestive Disease Week…