GI & Endoscopy

Engineered yogurt bacteria has the potential to join the ranks of existing colorectal cancer screening methods, according to an MPR report.

Here are nine gastroenterologists who made headlines within the past week.

Adenoma detection rate benchmarks are currently set at 25 percent for male and 15 percent for female colonoscopy patients. A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that these benchmarks may need to be higher, according…

Esse Health, St. Louis-based independent physician group, has added Digestive Disease Specialists, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

A risk stratification model has the potential to reduce the use of CT scans in emergency department patients with Crohn's disease by 43 percent, according to a report by The Oncology Report.

Biopharmaceutical company PAION AG will present two scientific abstracts on Remimazolam as a short acting sedative at the Anesthesiology 2014 Annual Meeting and American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting.  

Last week, biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences travelled to Capitol Hill to brief members of Congress on the cost of its hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, according to a Jewish Times report.

Here are 10 things to know about gastroenterologists and GI/endoscopy procedures performed in the United States.

EMR systems are not one-size-fits all. Modernizing Medicine has created a number of specialty-specific EMR platforms, including EMA GastroenterologyTM. Julie Servoss, MD, Medical Director of GI for Modernizing Medicine, explains why a system designed specifically for the field of GI…

Salix Pharmaceuticals, a developer of medical devices and drugs for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, may be acquired for $190 per share, according to a Triangle Business Journal report.