GreeneStone Healthcare, based in Ontario, Canada, will sell its endoscopy division for C$1.25 million to Jaintheelal Parekh Medicine Professional Corporation.
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Gastroenterology is a broad field including a number of areas of practice. Here are 10 statistics on gastroenterologist salary by subspecialty.
Shivakumar Vignesh, MD, has been named the chief of the gastroenterology and hepatology division at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York, according to an India West report.
Colonoscopy is the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening and prevention, but new research suggests that current screening practices may be leading to an overuse of the procedure.
The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer has suggested that large population-based screening for Helicobacter pylori be a global priority to reduce the burden of gastric cancer, according to a Medscape report.
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Here are five GI/endoscopy devices that received FDA 510(k) clearance in September.
A number of different trials have demonstrated that water exchange and CO2 insufflation are less painful for colonoscope insertion than air insufflation, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.
Mantis shrimp, vibrantly colored marine crustaceans, have become the subject of a joint research project to create a camera that can detect numerous forms of cancer, according to a Smithsonian Magazine report.
There are more than 270 accountable care organizations in the United States. Nearly a quarter, 24 percent, of gastroenterologists are participating in ACOs, while 12 percent are planning on participating within the next year, according to a Medscape report. What…
Colorectal cancer often develops in multiple members of the same families. In a recent study published in the journal Gastroenterology, researchers set out to gather the data needed to develop screening guidelines for first-degree relatives, second-degree relatives and first cousins…