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  • Honeywell to End Oxyfume Ethylene Oxide Sterilant Blends
    MORRISTOWN, N.J.―Honeywell announced a March 31, 2013, deadline for receiving final orders of Oxyfume ethylene oxide sterilant blends. ...More
    April 9, 2013
    Posted in News
  • CDC Report Ranks Facilities for Infection Prevention Efforts
    ATLANTA―Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s 2011 NHSN Annual Report is now available online. This report, published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), provides a summary of infection-prevention data collected by hospitals participating in ...More
    April 8, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Antihistamine for Stomach Acid Raises Risk of C. diff
    ROCHESTER, Minn.—Patients receiving antihistamines to suppress stomach acid are at greater risk of infection from Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, a common cause of diarrhea, particularly in healthcare settings, Mayo Clinic researchers have found. ...More
    April 5, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Can Virtual Colonoscopy Expand Screening to More Patients?
    PHILADELPHIA—In 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) halted reimbursement for so-called “virtual colonoscopy" for routine colon-cancer screening in asymptomatic patients, in part due to concerns over how this procedure, computed tomography colonography ...More
    April 5, 2013
    Posted in News, Procedures
  • New Endo Suturing Product Launches in Europe
    AUSTIN, Texas―Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., a company that develops endoscopy surgical products, this week announced that its OverStitch™ Endoscopic Suturing System has received the European Union's CE Mark. The company plans to immediately launch the system to select centers ...More
    April 4, 2013
    Posted in News, Industry Issues
  • Climate Change May Worsen Diarrheal Disease in Botswana
    BLACKSBURG, Va.—In a National Science Foundation funded study, Kathleen Alexander, an associate professor of wildlife at Virginia Tech, found that climate drives a large part of diarrheal disease and increases the threat of climate change for vulnerable communities. ...More
    April 4, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Gluten-Free Eating: From GI Issues to Weight Loss
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—In the ever-present search to identify and address bad nutrition habits, gluten-free eating has been receiving a lot of attention. But experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) say it is not to be confused with typical weight loss procedures. ...More
    April 3, 2013
    Posted in News
  • New Low-Toxicity Treatment May Work on Colon Cancer
    BUFFALO, N.Y.—Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have found that a new formulation of a promising anticancer agent, the small chemical molecule FL118, is even more effective in controlling two types of cancer than a version reported in PLOS ONE six months ...More
    April 3, 2013
    Posted in News, Procedures
  • Aspirin and Losing Belly Fat May Reduce Esophageal Cancer Risk
    SEATTLE—An estimated 20 million Americans have chronic heartburn. About 2 million of these people have Barrett’s esophagus, a precancerous condition that affects the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. ...More
    April 2, 2013
    Posted in News
  • GI Center Educates Patients During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
    HOUSTON―Last month was Colon Cancer Awareness Month and gastroenterology facilities across the country commemorated it in various ways. One Houston colorectal surgeon Dr. Eric Haas, and his fellow medical professionals at Colorectal Surgical Associates decided to educate ...More
    April 2, 2013
    Posted in News
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