Here are four gastroenterologists making headlines the week of March 24, 2017.
GI & Endoscopy
Jessica Fisher, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Asheville (N.C.) Gastroenterology Associates.
The DeGregorio Family Foundation and Price Family Foundation awarded USC Los Angeles $175,000 to fund research aimed at understanding how gastroesophageal reflux disease increases esophageal cancer risk.
A report published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology claims providers fail to diagnose up to 75 percent of individuals with irritable bowel syndrome.
Miami-based Gastro Health partnered with Austin, Texas-based HyGIeaCare to better prepare patients for colonoscopy.
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A study in the World Journal of Gastroenterology claims colorectal cancer presents distinct characteristics and worsens outcomes for octogenarian — between 80- to 89-years-old — patients.
A study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology claims providers are over-screening dialysis patients for colon cancer.
The FDA reported five patients from an overseas hospital tested positive for Klebsiella pneumoniae after providers treated them with the Tokyo-based Olympus TJF-Q180V duodenoscope, Los Angeles Times reports.
March 22, 2017 was the first official National Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day focused on increasing awareness of hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes.
Sherman Williams, MD, joined the Lafayette, Ind.-based Franciscan Physician Network Specialty Clinic, the Journal Review reports.