VETERANS AFFAIRS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS IMAGE: STUDY CO-AUTHOR DR. SAMIR GUPTA, CHIEF OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AT THE VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, SAYS SOME PATIENTS AND PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS MISUNDERSTAND THE RESULTS OF ABNORMAL STOOL BLOOD SCREENING. CREDIT: CHRISTOPHER MENZIE A new Veterans Affairs study finds that delays in undergoing colonoscopy following an abnormal stool test increase...
ONCE SWALLOWED, THIS CAPSULE IS DESIGNED TO COLLECT BACTERIA THROUGHOUT THE GUT. A SCIENTIST UNSCREWS THE CAP TO RETRIEVE THE SAMPLE AFTER THE CAPSULE HAS LEFT THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. view more Your gut bacteria could say a lot about you, such as why you’re diabetic or how you respond to certain drugs. But scientists can...
by Wolters Kluwer Health Reflecting research-driven changes in clinical practice, a revised set of evidence-based recommendations for the medical and surgical treatment of left-sided colonic diverticulitis has been published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (DC&R), the official journal of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS). The journal is published by...
NOVEMBER 4TH, 2019 MEDGADGET EDITORS GI, ONCOLOGY, SURGERY At the UEG (United European Gastroenterology) Week event in Barcelona, Spain, the first automatic polyp assistance system was unveiled by Medtronic. The GI Genius intelligent endoscopy system monitors the live video feed from a colonoscope, outlining in real time potential signs of polyps. It certainly doesn’t diagnose...
Posted Today A team from CU Boulder is taking a page from The Magic School Bus and journeying inside the body.. Graduate student Gregory Formosa inspects a robot that could one day change how doctors performcolonoscopies. Credit: CU Boulder/Glenn Asakawa The researchers, led by engineer Mark Rentschler, aren’t traveling by shrinking bus like the one in the cartoon and book series. Instead, they’re using...
