GI & Endoscopy

Current Medicare beneficiaries, particularly those in a low-income bracket, lacking supplemental insurance may not be able to afford colon cancer screening and treatment, according to a study in Gastroenterology.

Here are three gastroenterologists who recently made headlines.

A study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that after adjustment for confounding variables there is no correlation between the risk of Barrett's esophagus and tea or coffee consumption.

Luis A. Balart, MD, is a gastroenterologist and chief of the section of gastroenterology and hepatology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.

Crospon received FDA clearance for expanded indications of use for its EndoFLIP endolumenal imaging system.

A pilot study found that a majority of children with recurring Clostridium difficile infections who received a fecal microbiota transplant had no C. Difficile episodes for months following the procedure, according to a Medscape report.

The GI Quality Improvement Consortium registry reached 3 million reported colonoscopy cases in April. 

Lijun Xia, MD, PhD, a scientist and researcher at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City, discovered that certain sugars produced by the body play an important role in the development of colitis and, ultimately, colon cancer. This new…

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found ozanimod, a novel drug molecule, is moderately effective in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

William J. Sandborn, MD, is a gastroenterologist and chief of the division of gastroenterology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.