GI & Endoscopy

The Omaha, Neb.-based Great Plains Colon Cancer Task Force created the burpee challenge to raise colon cancer awareness, Live Well Nebraska reports.

Israel-based researchers created an ingestible robot that can move through a patient's small intestine, the Times of Israel reports.

Here are the five most read gastroenterology/endoscopy stories from March 27 to March 31, 2017.

Provo, Utah-based Revere Health gastroenterologist Chad Kawa, MD, gave several local residents free colonoscopies for National Colon Cancer Awareness Month, the Herald Extra reports.

Georgetown, Texas-based Scott & White signed onto the American Cancer Society's 80 percent by 2018 initiative, the Temple Daily Telegram reports.

Here are 6 gastroenterologists making headlines the week of March 27, 2017.

John Schaberg, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Columbia, S.C.-based Consultants in Gastroenterology.

Saleem Desai, MD, is a gastroenterologist with Los Angeles Gastroenterology Institute.

Silver Spring, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care added Darryn Potosky, MD, to its staff.

Columbia-based University of Missouri researchers found individuals with disabilities were less likely to receive preventive colorectal cancer screenings, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.