• ASP to Attend SGNA, Offer Product Trials at Booth
    PHOENIX—Advanced Sterilization Products is attending the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA) 39th Annual Course, in Phoenix, from May 18 – 23, 2012, and will be active in several ways. ...More
    11 hours ago
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  • Experts Gather in Rome to Discuss Endomicroscopy Product
    ROME, Italy—Mauna Kea Technologies, an endomicroscopy company, this week announced highlights of the Fourth Annual International Conference of Cellvizio® Users (ICCU), which took place late last month in Rome. ...More
    14 hours ago
    Posted in News, Industry Issues
  • Can Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy Predict Parkinson’s?
    CHICAGO—Two studies by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggest that in the future, colonic tissue obtained during either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy may be used to predict who will develop Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative ...More
    15 hours ago
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  • Study: Unsedated Screening for Esophageal Disease is Safe
    OAK BROOK, Ill.—Researchers recently reported that unsedated transnasal endoscopy is a feasible, safe, and well-tolerated method to screen for esophageal disease in a primary care population. This study is the largest reported experience with transnasal endoscopy in the ...More
    Yesterday
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  • Managed Care Reduces Cost of Surgery for Colon Cancer
    WASHINGTON—A study of 7,424 privately insured colon-cancer patients found that managed care presence in the market, and hospital competition, increased the likelihood of laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer, and that this type of surgery lowered costs. This is ...More
    Yesterday
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  • Conference to Focus on Colon-Cancer Rise in Patients Under 50
    WASHINGTON, D.C.—The face of colon cancer as we know it is changing. Long considered a cancer for the aging, it is now increasingly diagnosed in younger people. This concerning trend will be a major focus during the Colon Cancer Alliance’s national conference, which will be ...More
    2 days ago
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  • EndoBarrier Therapy to be Featured at Digestive Disease Week
    LEXINGTON, Mass.—GI Dynamics announced today that EndoBarrier® Therapy, a treatment for type 2 diabetes and/or obesity, will be the subject of several presentations and scientific sessions during Digestive Disease Week 2012 (DDW), which takes place May 19-22 in San Diego. ...More
    2 days ago
    Posted in News
  • U.S. Healthcare Costs Far More Than in 12 Industrialized Nations
    WILMINGTON, Del.—The United States spends more on healthcare than 12 other industrialized countries yet does not provide "notably superior" care, according to a new study from The Commonwealth Fund. ...More
    5 days ago
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  • Fetal Cells in Women Raise Risk of Colon Cancer
    SEATTLE—For the first time, scientists have found what could be a causative link between the concentration of circulating Y-chromosome fetal cells in women who gave birth to children of either sex and their risk of later developing breast cancer and colon cancer. ...More
    5 days ago
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  • Partner Up: How an Endo Team and GI Team Merged
    It was 15 years ago that two community hospitals merged to form one system. The goal was to unify processes, procedures and people. ...More
    6 days ago
    Posted in Articles
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