GI & Endoscopy

Manhattan Gastroenterology in New York is offering anal pap smears.

Pentax Medical updated reprocessing instructions for its ED-3490TK video duodenoscope, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.

AllianceHealth Pryor in Pryor Creek, Okla., welcomed Susan Young, DO, to its medical staff, according to The Times.

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Strasbourg University developed a method for imaging and characterizing the esophageal wall using a tethered capsule, according to Medical Physics Web.

In a study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers found patients with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity showed similar neurological manifestations in response to a gluten-free diet.

Shivagi T. Kothari, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine and the associate director of endoscopy at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. She has expertise in interventional endoscopic ultrasound, advanced therapeutic ERCP, esophageal endotherapy for Barrett's esophagus, double…

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University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center gastroenterology experts will host the 2nd annual Advanced Endoscopy Nurses Course on April 22 and 23.

Having patients chew gum is an effective way to improve abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting and the intake adherence of patients in colonoscopy preparation, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

A systematic review published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology showed the Boston bowel preparation scale for colonoscopy is the most user-friendly and validated scale available.