The Allurion intragastric balloon (formerly the Elipse, Allurion Technologies), a novel balloon that is swallowed, requiring no surgery or endoscopic placement, shows high efficacy in achieving weight loss and an improved metabolic profile, with fewer adverse events than reported with other available gastric balloons, results from a meta-analysis show.
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal psychosomatic disorder that often develops and worsens with stress. Hence, it is important to treat it from both, its physical and mental aspects. We reviewed recent research on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—one of the most widely studied psychological treatments for IBS—since it focuses on addressing the cognitions and behaviors associated with IBS symptoms, and combines diverse content, such as cognitive techniques, exposure, stress management, and mindfulness, whose effects have been widely studied.
Exact Sciences has put down $190 million to buy testing laboratory PreventionGenetics, aiming to expand its diagnostics franchise into hereditary cancer screening. PreventionGenetics offers more than 5,000 DNA tests, including germline and whole exome sequencing panels, to help users identify potential risks they may have inherited for developing cancer or other diseases.
Every endoscopist removing large colorectal polyps should be aware of the potential complications that can occur and have the tools and skills to manage these events. In a presentation at the 2021 annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, Douglas K. Rex, MD, the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, in Indianapolis, offered tips for avoiding and managing immediate and delayed complications of polypectomy.
In a study published in the journal Gastroenterology, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai describe a troubling increase in early-onset colorectal cancer and precancerous polyps, based on a large, nationally representative study of patients under age 50 who underwent colonoscopy. It was the first large-scale study to look at precancerous polyps in this age group.
Staff shortages, exacerbated by COVID-19 spikes and vaccination mandates, have some endoscopy centers struggling to stay afloat. Bobbi Freeman, gastroenterology endoscopy and GI lab manager of Harbin Clinic Endoscopy Center in Rome, Ga., spoke with Becker’s ASC Review recently about the challenges her center is facing. Editor’s note: This interview was edited lightly for clarity and brevity.
The EXALT Model-D single-use duodenoscope may be a cost-effective alternative to high-level disinfection (HLD) of reusable duodenoscopes, according to a new analysis. The study compared the EXALT Model-D, HLD, culture-and-quarantine (CQ), and ethylene oxide sterilization (ETO). The results came from a simulated cohort of patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to treat choledocholithiasis.
Guidelines that recently lowered the colorectal screening age to 45 for all individuals of average risk were right on track, suggested a retrospective study of predictors for advanced premalignant lesions (APLs) and colorectal cancer. In a national registry analysis involving over half a million colonoscopies, older age was an independent predictor of risk, reported Steven Itzkowitz, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues.
On Jan. 10, 2022, the Biden Administration issued guidance requiring private insurers to cover colonoscopy when needed as a follow-up to a non-invasive colorectal cancer screening test. This will prevent patients from receiving surprise bills for a colonoscopy when they receive a positive result from a stool-based test.