GI & Endoscopy

Shawn Khodadadian, MD, runs Manhattan Gastroenterology and serves as director of clinical nutrition at Lenox Hill Hospital, both located in New York. He is also a clinical instructor at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. He is a member…

ALPCO launched a new panel of 13 stool-based gastroenterology assays.

Here are three recent news updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

A recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology examined radiologists' preferences for optical colonoscopy or CT colonography as colorectal cancer screening modalities.

CMS released an emergency update to its 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which addresses technical errors in the MPFS update files. The changes will be retroactive to Jan. 1, according to the American Gastroenterological Association.

As consultants to hundreds of physicians, including gastroenterologists, we encounter many misconceptions about asset protection planning every day. In this article, we will address the most important of all misconceptions regarding asset protection: that this area of planning is not…

Alvaro Martinez-Camacho, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine and a practicing gastroenterologist at Denver Health. He is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterology Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Society…

Although standard guidelines for colorectal cancer screening recommend starting screening at 50 years, the percentage of cancer cases in younger patients is increasing, according to a study published in Cancer.

Nearly half of gastroenterologists suffer from burnout, according to the Medscape Lifestyle Report 2016: Bias and Burnout.

Nearly 300 patients who underwent colonoscopy at Noble Hospital in Westfield, Mass., could have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C due to improperly sterilized scopes, according to a 22News report.