After years of focusing solely on the colon, Motus GI is living up to the full potential of its name by bringing its endoscopy cleansing technology into other areas of the gastrointestinal tract. With ...

The mycobacteria that typically cause lung tuberculosis (TB) can also cause gastrointestinal (GI) TB. This condition typically requires prompt treatment with anti-tuberculous drugs. GI TB can involve ...

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When people swallow a pill, they expect the medicine to quickly reach the source of their pain or illness, but how well medications can be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract is variable.

EMR systems are not one-size-fits all. Modernizing Medicine has created a number of specialty-specific EMR platforms, including EMA GastroenterologyTM. Julie Servoss, MD, Medical Director of GI for ...

Scientists headed by a team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have developed a new approach to drug design that can deliver therapeutics directly to a specific part of the gastrointestinal ...

As weight loss medications, including Ozempic and WeGovy, have gained popularity across the U.S., they are not without side effects, some serious. According to a May 2024 CNN report, as many as 1 in 8 ...

Unlike most GI cancers, GIST starts in supportive stromal tissue, not surface cells, and is classified as a sarcoma, says Dr. Weijing Sun. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a rare type of ...