GI & Endoscopy

Healthmark Industries has added the Small Bore Endoscope Channel Brush to its ProSys instrument care line.

Leonard Weinstock, MD, is a managing partner with Specialists in Gastroenterology in St. Louis. He is also an associate professor of clinical medicine and surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is a member of…

Allergan received an 'acceptable for filing' letter from the FDA for its abbreviated new drug application seeking approval to market Rifaximin Tablets.

Robert Richards, MD, and Jean-Pierre Reinhold, MD, were featured in a Las Cruces Sun-News report, discussing facts about colorectal cancer in recognition of March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Several European and U.S. gastroenterologists have performed procedures using Medigus' Ultrasonic Surigcal Endostapler. Medigus is an Omer, Israel-based medical device company.

A study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology found among patients undergoing routine endoscopy or colonoscopy with moderate sedation, capnographic monitoring did not reduce the incidence of hypoxemia.

A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology showed promising results in a self-management program for irritable bowel patients, as reported by MPR.

The FDA is likely to require more data and testing of certain devices used to treat hemorrhoids, according to Medscape.

Lewis R. Felder, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing at Miami-based Gastro Health. He is board-certified and a member of the American College of Physicians, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American College of Gastroenterology.

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Feb. 22 to Feb. 26.