GI & Endoscopy

The American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation announced its 2018 AGA Research Foundation awardees, bestowing more than $2 million in funding to 41 researchers.

New Britain-based The Hospital of Central Connecticut is attempting to purchase a $2.3 million stake in Central Connecticut Endoscopy Center in Plainville, Hartford Business reports.

Wolters Kluwer Health will publish three journals of the American College of Gastroenterology, beginning January 2019.

Motus GI enrolled the first patient into its reliable endoscopic diagnosis utilizing cleansing enhancement or REDUCE study that'll test the ability of the Pure-Vu System to properly prepare bowels for a diagnostic colonoscopy procedure.

A study, published in JAMA, examined the effects of follow-up surveillance on patients undergoing curative surgery for colorectal cancer.

Here are three updates on GI companies from the past week.

A study, published in Gut, examined endoscopy and osophagogastroduodenoscopies infection rates in the ASC setting.

The American Cancer Society, CDC, National Cancer Institute and North American Association of Central Cancer Registries provided an update on cancer occurrence and trends in the U.S., published in Wiley Online Library, finding mortality rates for 14 of the 20…

Prescient Surgical's novel wound retractor CleanCision is associated with reduced bacterial contamination in colorectal surgery, according to a study in the World Journal of Surgery.

Maria Chang, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Oklahoma City-based Digestive Disease Specialists.