Olympus announced the launch of its EndoClot offerings for use in gastrointestinal (GI) procedures in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The EndoClot portfolio supports hemostasis and lifting in endoscopic submucosal dissection or resection in GI procedures. Olympus launched the EndoClot adhesive, the EndoClot polysaccharide hemostatic spray and the EndoClot submucosal injection solution. EndoClot Plus developed the portfolio of GI solutions. The company expanded its distribution agreement with Olympus from the U.S. to EMEA in December 2022.
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Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, FASCO, joined a panel of experts at the White House Cancer Moonshot Colorectal Cancer Forum in highlighting the need for greater patient participation in and funding for cancer clinical trials. Eng, the David H. Johnson professor of surgical and medical oncology at Vanderbilt University, described the panel discussion last month as very productive. Other participants included the widow of actor Chadwick Boseman, who died of colorectal cancer in 2020 at age 43 years.
Months of high-level discussions regarding reforming Medicare physician payment has culminated in physician lawmakers introducing bipartisan legislation advancing the first leg of the AMA’s three-part strategy for fixing the broken system. The “Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act,” H.R. 2474, would provide automatic updates to physician Medicare payment rates and link them to inflation. The bill was introduced by California Democratic Reps. Raul Ruiz, MD, and Ami Bera, MD, along with Republicans Larry Bucshon, MD, of Indiana, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, of Iowa.
The balance of microbes in the human gut varies substantially from morning to night and even more by season—with profound fluctuations completely transforming the microbiome from summer to winter, according to a study to be presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2023. The microbiome—bacteria that live in and on the body—accounts for about half of the cells that make a human, and fluctuations in the makeup of the microbiome could have wide-ranging implications for health and medicine.
DANVILLE, Pa. – Geisinger recently announced that Amitpal S. Johal, M.D., will serve as the chair of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition weight management for the health system.Dr. Johal brings more than 17 years of experience to the position. He began his career at Geisinger in 2006 as a gastroenterology fellow and has had progressive leadership roles during the course of his career.“Dr. Johal is a wonderful leader who brings experience and a great deal of clinical and operational knowledge of gastroenterology services across the system,” said Kenric Maynor, M.D., chair of Geisinger’s Medicine Institute. “We look forward to growing our…
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, is pleased to announce that it will present data from two studies highlighting the performance of its blood-based screening technology to detect early-stage colorectal cancer (CRC), including the acceptance of the ECLIPSE study as a late-breaking abstract, at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) taking place in Chicago, Illinois on May 6-9, 2023.
EXTON, Pa., April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — US Digestive Health (USDH), one of the largest gastroenterology (GI) practices in the nation, celebrated the opening of its newest gastroenterology office space in Collegeville, Pennsylvania on Thursday, April 20. An open house for referring physicians and other attendees took place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. following the opening at 100 Springhouse Drive, Suite 205, Collegeville, Pennsylvania. USDH is a trusted provider of gastroenterology services, committed to improving the digestive health and well-being of its patients. The new location in Collegeville offers a range of services, including management of inflammatory bowel…
Bushra Sulieman, MD, a practicing gastroenterologist at Mercy Iowa City’s Gastroenterology Clinic, was stabbed to death in Sudan, according to an April 27 report from ABC affiliate KCRG. Dr. Sulieman lived in Sudan but frequently traveled to Mercy Iowa City (Iowa) to perform surgeries. He has been a physician at the hospital since February 2021. He was reportedly killed during ongoing violence in the African country while taking his father to dialysis.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Hormones released by the stomach, such as ghrelin, play a key role in stimulating appetite. These hormones are produced by endocrine cells that are part of the enteric nervous system, which controls hunger, nausea, and feelings of fullness. MIT engineers have now shown that they can stimulate these endocrine cells to produce ghrelin, using an ingestible capsule that delivers an electrical current to the cells. This approach could prove useful for treating diseases that involve nausea or loss of appetite, such as cachexia (loss of body mass that can occur in patients with cancer or other chronic…
Two types of bariatric-metabolic surgery were more effective than lifestyle modification plus best medical care in the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a randomized trial from Italy showed. In over 200 patients with obesity and biopsy-confirmed NASH who completed the study, the primary endpoint of histological resolution of NASH (without worsening of fibrosis) was met by 56% of patients assigned to Roux-en-Y and 57% of those randomized to sleeve gastrectomy, as compared with only 16% of participants who underwent lifestyle modification, reported Geltrude Mingrone, MD, PhD, of King’s College London, and colleagues.