GI & Endoscopy

Here are six GI/endoscopy devices that received FDA 510(k) approval in December 2014 and January of this year.

Donald Castell, MD, is the director of the Esophageal Disorders Program and a professor of medicine in the gastroenterology and hepatology division of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is a past president of the American Gastroenterological…

A new study, presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, found that Stretta fails to provide clinical benefit to patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a General Surgery News report.

Here are 23 gastroenterologists who have made the news within the first few months of the year.

A team at Loyola University Health System in Maywood, Ill., lead by gastroenterologist Mukund Venu, MD, was able to quickly identify and treat achalasia in a patient.

The Digestive Health Physicians Association, an association of 44 independent gastroenterology practices, has expressed support for the recently updated GI quality procedures released by the ASGE/ACG Task Force on Quality in Endoscopy.

The North Fork Breast Health Coalition will honor gastroenterologist Joseph Duva, MD, according to a Riverhead Local report.

Carol Burke, MD, provides care in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Cleveland Clinic and also serves as director of its Center for Colon Polyp and Cancer Prevention and co-director of its multidisciplinary Hereditary Cancer Clinic. She is on…

Testing for Clostridium difficile infection is significantly lower than expected during diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, the official journal of Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has linked smoking with a double fold risk of morality for colorectal cancer patients, according to a Colon Cancer News Today report.