Laura Bobolts, PharmD, BCOP: From a payer’s perspective, it’s difficult to compare cost-effectiveness and comparative effectiveness data in upper–GI [gastrointestinal] and esophageal cancers. Look at ...

James M. Cleary, MD, PhD: Increasingly, hospitals—including mine—have pathways that tell us what the recommended treatments are for our patients at a certain course in their illness. At my hospital, ...

This newer mode of administration for immunotherapy comes with benefits and risks. It is important for a person to work with a doctor when making treatment decisions for upper gastrointestinal (GI) ...

Among individuals with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a negative upper endoscopy is associated with decreased risk in incidence and mortality from gastrointestinal cancer. The benefit ...

Here are the 2010 Medicare payment rates for six upper GI procedures in the ASC setting. 1. Upper GI endoscopy including esophagus, stomach and either duodenum and/or jejunum as appropriate; with ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Motus GI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOTS) (“Motus GI” or the “Company”), a medical technology company focused on improving endoscopic outcomes and ...

The FDA granted clearance to Medtronic’s endoscopic hemostasis system, Nexpowder, intended to improve visibility and management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding not linked to varices, according to a ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Calcium and PPI use, history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), hemoglobin ...

The rate of esophageal and gastric erosions among patients on dialysis eligible for anemia treatment was approximately 49 events per 100 patient-years, investigators report. Upper gastrointestinal (GI ...

For patients with Lynch disease, taking a daily supplement containing resistant starch reduced upper gastrointestinal cancers by more than half. A supplement containing resistant starch derived from ...

A new study casts doubt on international guidelines advising up to a week of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Pooled data from 14 ...