GI & Endoscopy

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

Researchers from Australia-based Adelaide Medical School believe irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea is exhausting patient's T-cells, Science Daily reports.

The U.S. Air Force notified 135 patients who underwent colonoscopy or endoscopy procedures between April 2008 and April 2016 at Qatar-based Al Udeid Air Base that providers may have treated them with improperly cleaned scopes, Military.com reports.

The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer issued several new recommendations and introduced a "tier ranking system" concerning colorectal cancer screening tests.

Ray Keate, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Richmond (Va.) Gastroenterology Associates.

Here are three new ASCs and outpatient facilities offering GI services.

Texas Digestive Disease Consultants is the largest gastroenterology practice in the U.S.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals added billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson to its board of directors.

Pinnacle III Director of Operations Catherine Sayers offered eight best practices to improve patient access and increase patient volume in endoscopy centers in a blog post.

A study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, examined the diagnostic accuracy of fecal immunochemical testing in colorectal cancer or advanced neoplasia screenings in asymptomatic high-risk populations.