GI & Endoscopy

Here are six gastroenterologists talking about big challenges in the field today in ambulatory surgery centers.

  A recent study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology has linked inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups and bouts of infectious gastroenteritis to heat waves.

Illinois Gastroenterology Group, based in Elgin, will acquire Geneva, Ill.-based Gastrointestinal Health Associates, a four-physician practice, according to a Chicago Healthcare Daily report.

Medigus' board of directors has named Christopher Rowland as the endoscopy technology company's chief executive officer, according to a Globes report.

  Given Imaging received FDA 510(k) clearance for the PillCam SB 3, a device used to detect and monitor small bowel abnormalities from Crohn's disease, as well as obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia.

  Physicians at Gem Hospital and Research Centre in India have successfully treated six patients with achalasia cardia, according to a Manorama Online report.

  Munich-based Elsevier launched its Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy for physicians and scientists.

Stephen Allen, PhD, a professor at Swansea University in the United Kingdom, has discovered that probiotics may not reduce antibiotic-associated diarrhea in elderly patients, according to a Nursing Times report.

A team of European researchers is getting closer to finding the cause of inflammatory bowel disease in order to open up new treatment possibilities, according to a CORDIS report.

Pentax Medical is sponsoring a live endoscopy course at University College Hospital in London, according to a Zenopa report.