GI & Endoscopy

Here are five current treatments for ulcerative colitis, according to Medscape's Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis report.

Gilbert Simoni, MD, of Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and founder of Advanced Gastroenterology, Inc. recently performed his 100th transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) procedure. Here, Dr. Simoni discusses his experience performing TIF procedures and what he believes it…

EndoChoice announced the addition of Scott Davis, chairman and CEO of UPS, and Scott Huennekens, President and CEO of Volcano Corporation, to its board of directors.

Jason Tye-Din, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, and researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a cytokine release test for celiac disease diagnosis, according to a Gastroenterology Update report.  

Board-certified gastroenterologist Michael Uzer, MD, has joined the medical team at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, Ill., according to a Journal Gazette & Times Courier report.

Researchers conducted a population-based cohort study of the risk of gastrointestinal and extraintestinal cancers in relation to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The results were published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Value-based care is a term heard across all specialties in healthcare, but value is an abstract term. Physicians, payers and patients each have a stake in defining value-based care and what it means for the future of healthcare.

Effective immediately, Gastroenterology Professional Association, New Hampshire-based gastroenterologist group, has adopted the name Atlantic Digestive Specialists, according to a fosters.com report.

A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics, finds that current guidelines for identifying undiagnosed cases of celiac disease are inadequate.

Here are five statistics on the case, costs and mortality rates associated with gastrointestinal disease in the United States, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information report Burden of Gastrointestinal Disease in the United States: 2012 Update.