Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., has joined a national study of colorectal cancer detection led by the National Cancer Institute, according to a Syracuse report.
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Hui Dong, MD, of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine gastroenterology department, has co-authored a paper on the identification of a new treatment of type 2 diabetes, according to a UC San Diego Health System news release.
MemorialCare Health System's physician group MemorialCare Medical Foundation has partnered with Digestive Disease Center in Orange County, Calif.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare has released eight statistics for colonoscopy patient outcomes. Nearly 60 percent of colonoscopies are performed in an ambulatory care setting.
PENTAX Medical, the Japan-based endoscopic device division of the Hoya Group, and SpectraScience, a medical device company based in San Diego, have announced the growth of WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System distribution in Europe.
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Lipid Therapeutics has successfully filed for a U.S. IND for LT-02, the company's leading product.
Olympus, a medical and surgical products company, has announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Articulating HD 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System, which is designed to improve accuracy by providing surgeons natural three-dimensional vision while performing laparoscopic…
The American Cancer Society has awarded Stephen J. Meltzer, MD, an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professorship for his research on Barrett's Esophagus, according to a News Medical report.
ResearchMoz, a market research and analysis company, has announced the release of an endoscopy market outlook report titled "United States Endoscopy Devices Market Outlook to 2019 – Capsule Endoscope Systems, Endoscopic Instruments, Flexible Endoscopes, Rigid Endoscopes and Others."
The Food and Drug Administration granted eight GI-related 510(k) clearances in March.