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Heartburn May Predict Throat Cancer

PHILADELPHIA—Frequent heartburn was positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, and the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective effect, ...read more

Communicate Better at Work

In today’s fast-paced nursing environment every word matters. Make yours count. Choose your words wisely and be successful at work. ...read more

Choosing and Using the Proper Probiotic

This slide show will be helpful to GI professionals who want to learn more about probiotics, and can be shared with patients as well. ...read more

May is Celiac Awareness Month

This May (and every May, for that matter) is Celiac Awareness Month. This awareness campaign is sponsored by the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness and other celiac organizations. ...read more

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Localized Chemotherapy to the Liver Spares Healthy Tissue, Study Finds

In this retrospective study, eighty-eight patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were treated with long-term chemotherapy infusion into the hepatic artery, the main artery that supplies the liver. Known as hepatic arterial chemotherapy, this treatment ...More
August 17, 2004
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues, Procedures
Viking Systems Inc. Agrees to Acquire the Assets of Lighthouse Imaging Corporation

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Viking Systems Inc., a medical products company focused on integrated solutions for the digital surgical environment, has announced that it has agreed to acquire the assets of Lighthouse Imaging Corporation, Portland, ME for a combination of cash ...More
August 17, 2004
Posted in News, Industry Issues
Are Physicians Over-Performing Colonoscopy?

Many physicians appear to be performing more “surveillance” colonoscopies than expert groups deem necessary, according to results of a National Cancer Institute-funded study published in the Aug. 17, 2004 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. Surveillance colonoscopies are ...More
August 17, 2004
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues, Procedures
ASGE and SGNA Issue Joint Statement on Nurses Administering Propofol

To address the controversy of nurses administering propofol in the GI lab, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA) have issued a joint statement, "Role of GI Registered Nurses in the ...More
August 16, 2004
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
New Colon Cancer Guideline On Chemotherapy For Stage II Colon Cancer

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has developed a set of recommendations to address whether patients who have had successful surgery for Stage II colon cancer should be offered adjuvant chemotherapy in routine clinical practice. The guideline, published in ...More
August 16, 2004
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ACG Announces Colorectal Cancer Prevention Request for Applications

As part of it colorectal cancer prevention plan, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) will issue a series of requests for applications (RFA) for funds to be directed to specific clinically important topics in colorectal cancer prevention-research in improving ...More
August 16, 2004
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues, Procedures
Body's Own Defense Against H pylori, Cause of Stomach Ulcers and Stomach Cancer

LA JOLLA, Ca. -- An international team led by The Burnham Institute's Minoru Fukuda, PhD, has discovered that a human glycoprotein inhibits Helicobacter pylori ("H. pylori"), the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers and is linked with 90 percent of stomach cancers. ...More
August 13, 2004
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance Launch Area's First 'Centers Of Excellence' Program for Bariatric Surgery

PITTSBURGH and HARRISBURG, Pa. -- HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance have launched the area's first comprehensive program to coordinate care and help assure quality in bariatric surgery services. The health plans have taken the lead in establishing criteria for medical sites ...More
August 13, 2004
Posted in News, Industry Issues
Gastric Bypass Surgeries in PA Increase Tenfold in Five Years

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has released its latest research brief. dealing with obesity-related surgery in Pennsylvania. The brief contains aggregate numbers only; it is not hospital or physician- specific. The ...More
August 12, 2004
Posted in News, Industry Issues
Lorus Therapeutics Inc. to Present Results of Novel Anticancer Small Molecule Studies

TORONTO -- Lorus Therapeutics Inc. ("Lorus"), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and technologies for the management of cancer, will introduce a novel series of anticancer small molecules at ...More
August 12, 2004
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues