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GI & Endoscopy

Here are 11 statistics on the prevalence, care and mortality associated with liver disease and pancreatitis in the U.S., according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse Digestive Disease Statistics for the United States report.

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The majority of gastroenterologists, 72 percent, reported income that remained the same or increased from 2011 to 2012, according to Medscape's Gastroenterologist Compensation Report: 2013, but how did compensation change across the country?

In a recent study published in the journal Gastroenterology, researchers set out to identify the factors that predict interval colorectal cancers, which develop within six to 60 months of a colonoscopy.

Joel V. Brill, MD, AGAF, and Carla Ginsburg, MD, AGAF, members of the American Gastroenterological Association, attended a special White House tour with a number of other colorectal cancer prevention and awareness advocates.

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