Ingestible smart capsules deliver medication directly to specific gut locations using microscopic needles and targeted drug ...

From 2003 to 2022, there was a more than doubling in low-capability pediatric hospitals, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in Pediatrics. People might attribute midnight bouts of chest ...

ATLANTA, June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Justin J. Forde of United Digestive and Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates has successfully performed Northside Gwinnett Hospital's first "third-space" ...

Beacon Endoscopic Corp., a developer of medical devices for interventional endoscopy procedures, has announced a spinoff business called GI Windows, according to a news release. GI Windows will ...

An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a procedure that lets a doctor diagnose and treat problems with your bile and pancreatic ducts. The ERCP procedure uses a combination of ...

The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist colonoscopies is linked to a reduction in the ability of endoscopists (health professionals who perform colonoscopies) to detect precancerous ...

Despite advances in cancer treatment, pancreatic cancer still has a poor prognosis and has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer. The Whipple procedure, also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, ...

Gastroenterologists diagnose and treat liver diseases and digestive disorders such as stomach pain, ulcers, acid reflux, constipation and Crohn’s disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, Crohn’s disease ...

For years, Akia McDowell had been told she had gastroesophageal reflux disease, a common – yet unpleasant – digestive disorder in which stomach acid backs up into the esophagus. Then, one day in early ...