GI & Endoscopy

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.

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.

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