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.
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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.
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.
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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…
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge have developed an alternative to the traditional injection: an ingestible capsule covered in "microneedles" that would deliver drugs directly into the GI tract.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has demonstrated that timing of gluten exposure and breast-feeding duration do not seem to influence celiac disease development, according to a Medscape report.
Engineered yogurt bacteria has the potential to join the ranks of existing colorectal cancer screening methods, according to an MPR report.