Risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatitis C virus cure, though significantly reduced, remains relatively high at 0.33 percent per year, according to a study in Hepatology.
GI & Endoscopy
Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia named Benjamin Krevsky, MD, MPH, chief of the section of gastroenterology.
In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Boston identified a new molecular pathway critical for maintaining the smooth muscle tone that allows the passage of materials through the digestive…
United Health Services, a healthcare system network based in Binghamton, N.Y., has adopted endoscopy ultrasonography to view the GI tract, according to Press & Sun-Bulletin.
Graham F. Barnard, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist and the director of liver transplantation at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. He is also an associate professor of medicine and biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in…
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Mercy Clinic Gastroenterology-Patients First Drive in Washington, Mo., added Matthew Gaeta, MD, to its physician team, according to a St. Louis Dispatch report.
A study published in the journal Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics found the use of surgical fundoplication in patients with GERD has rapidly declined in the United States between 2009 and 2013.
Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland. He is the chief of the division of gastroenterology and liver disease and director of the Digestive Health Institute…