Essentia Health, based in Duluth, Minn., has announced an $80 million expansion project of three medical facilities in Fargo, N.D., which will include the addition of space for endoscopy services at its Essentia Health-Fargo campus.
GI & Endoscopy
Despite the lack of reimbursement, virtual colonoscopies could be a beneficial option alongside the regularly offered optical colonoscopy, according to a study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Six experts share points on improving infection control processes in gastroenterological-driven ambulatory surgery centers.
Researchers have developed a pill-sized, optomechanical endomicroscopy capsule that once swallowed by a patient provides microstructural, three-dimensional images of the upper GI tract, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.
Waverly (Iowa) Health Center has recently acquired the video endoscopy system EVIS EXERA III, according to a KWWL report.
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Arch Biopartners has announced the release of a study linking the caspase 1 enzyme to inflammatory bowel disease that was published in the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases journal.
David Elliott, MD, board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine, will be speaking at the April 9 Coronado Biosciences Analyst Event in New York, according to a NASDAQ report.
Apollo Endosurgery, established by the Apollo Group, has received the European CE Mark for its OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System.
Saint Louis University Hospital has begun offering HALO ablation therapy as a minimally invasive Barrett's Esophagus treatment, according to a STL Today report.
On Monday, the University of Wisconsin Hospital will open its $21 million digestive health center in Madison, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.