GI & Endoscopy

A recent study, commissioned by Harris Interactive, found 72 percent of U.S. adults experience at least one gastrointestinal symptom a few times a month or more without speaking to a physician.

Physicians Endoscopy has received the Cost Management Preference Award at the 2013 MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit.

Gastroenterologist Glenn Madokoro, MD, of Newport Beach, Calif., has increased his practice's healthcare information technology offering to provide better patient-centered care, according to a Digital Journal report.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new Vital Signs report that found one in three adults 50 to 75 years old are not being tested for colorectal cancer.

Here are eight gastroenterology-related devices that received FDA 510(k) clearance in October.

Core Physicians in Exeter, N.H., and Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock have teamed up to provide better gastroenterology and cardiology services to pediatric patients, according to a Seacoast Online report.

Colonoscopy has recently come under fire as an expensive, and often unnecessary, test, particularly in a recent article in The New York Times. Here, three gastroenterologists combat these claims and delve into why colonoscopy is a vital tool.

HOYA will acquire the majority stake in the automated endoscope reprocessing company Wassenburg Group, based in the Netherlands, according to an A to Z Optics/Photonics report.

Gastroenterologist Dr. William Katkov answers questions on fecal microbiota transplantation and a study on FMT delivered in pill form.

Endochoice, a gastrointestinal disease product manufacturer, has filed a lawsuit against competitor Santarus for trademark infringement, according to a Bloomberg Law report.