Here are three gastroenterologists making headlines for the week of Aug. 7, 2017.
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Pearland, Texas-based YourGICenter has been serving Pearland and its surrounding communities since 1995.
D. Ritchie Stockdale, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Jonesboro, Ark.-based St. Bernard's Gastroenterology Associates.
The GI Quality Improvement Consortium is transitioning the GIQuIC registry to a new technical platform.
Five patients with intragastric balloon systems died after suffering from adverse events, according to a letter from the FDA. Two additional patients died after balloon complications.
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Here are three practices with gastroenterology services making news.
Hamden-based Gastroenterology Center of Connecticut has been serving the New Haven area and its surrounding communities since 1997.
New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera, D-33rd, and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-81st, visited New York City-based Advanced Endoscopy Center on Aug. 10.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles researchers defined a pediatric malignant liver disease.
After reducing its workforce by 28 percent in the second quarter of fiscal year 2017, Ardelyx reaffirmed its commitment to its development drug candidates.