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  • Does Surgery Fight Reflux When Meds No Longer Work?
    HOUSTON—For years, Majed Khalifa’s severe reflux prevented him from sleeping at night and, because of his disease, he couldn’t even drink coffee to help him get through the day. He was taking medication for gastroesphogeal reflux disease (GERD), and when it stopped working, ...More
    May 3, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Should Hospitals Screen for C. dif Upon Admission?
    WASHINGTON―Testing patients with just three risk factors upon hospital admission has potential to identify nearly three out of four asymptomatic carriers of C. difficile, according to a new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the ...More
    May 2, 2013
    Posted in News, Industry Issues
  • Study Explores New Way to Detect Colorectal Cancer
    LEXINGTON, Ky.—A unique new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Guo-Min Li and Libya Gu, in collaboration with Dr. Wei Yang at National Institutes of Health, reveals a novel mechanism explaining the previously unknown root cause of some ...More
    May 2, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Malpractice Suits Add Little to Healthcare Costs
    BALTIMORE—Efforts to lower health care costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, headline-grabbing and “frivolous" payouts are among the heaviest drains on health care ...More
    May 2, 2013
    Posted in News, Industry Issues
  • Endoscopic Treatment for Diverticulum is Safe Long Term
    A new study reports that flexible endoscopic treatment of Zenker’s diverticulum by using a diverticuloscope offers a treatment modality with a very low complication rate. Zenker’s diverticulum is an abnormal pouch in the upper part of the esophagus that causes difficulty ...More
    May 1, 2013
    Posted in News, Disorders, Procedures
  • Researchers Find New Way to Detect Colorectal Cancer
    LEXINGTON, Ky.—A unique new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Guo-Min Li and Libya Gu, in collaboration with Dr. Wei Yang at National Institutes of Health, reveals a novel mechanism explaining the previously unknown root cause of some ...More
    April 30, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Plan to Reduce Diarrhea Could Save 2 Million Children a Year
    GENEVA―A new Global Action Plan launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF has the potential to save up to 2 million children every year from deaths caused by pneumonia and diarrhea, some of the leading killers of children under age 5 globally. ...More
    April 29, 2013
    Posted in News, Industry Issues
  • Study: Doctors-in-Training Spend Little Time at Patient Bedside
    BALTIMORE—Medical interns spend just 12 percent of their time examining and talking with patients, and more than 40 percent of their time behind a computer, according to a new Johns Hopkins study that closely followed first-year residents at Baltimore's two large academic ...More
    April 25, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Company Releases Water Bottle System with CO2 Tubing
    MENTOR, Ohio—US Endoscopy, a company that focuses on endoscopy device design and manufacturing, today announced the release of the AquaShield water bottle system, a product that includes CO2 extension tubing. ...More
    April 24, 2013
    Posted in News
  • World Demand for Infection-Prevention Products: $130 Billion in 2017
    CLEVELAND―World demand for infection-prevention products is forecast to increase 6.4 percent annually to $130 billion in 2017, according to "World Infection-prevention products," a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm. ...More
    April 23, 2013
    Posted in News
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