GI & Endoscopy

Sigmoidoscopy alone for colon cancer screening in elderly patients may miss up to half of colon polyps, according to The Oncology Report.

Last year Maine governor Paul LePage ordered that MaineCare recipients could only receive their outpatient care within hospitals, and now gastroenterologist Douglas Howell, MD, has penned an editorial in the Portland Press Herald detailing how the higher costs at hospitals…

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been designated as a testing center for the Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery program.

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., has added three gastroenterologists to its medical staff.

Two endoscopy center administrators share insight on the challenges of leading their facilities this year and goals for 2014.

San Jose, Calif.-based NDS Surgical Imaging has introduced its new display, the 21" EndoVue SE with LED-backlight technology for cost-sensitive emerging markets.

A study led by Prashanthi Thota, MD, of The Cleveland Clinic's department of gastroenterology and heptaology, has linked diabetes in patients with Barrett's esophagus with a greater risk of developing esophageal cancer, according to a Daily Rx report.  

Mark Pimentel, MD, and a team of researchers uncovered evidence to suggest a blood test can diagnose irritable bowel syndrome.

The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center elected Ram Chuttani, MD, to its trustee advisory board, according to a Wicked Local report.

The American College of Gastroenterology launched a new online peer-reviewed, open-access journal for gastroenterology fellows, clinicians and more, titled the ACG Case Reports Journal.