A research team at Tohoku University, in collaboration with Denka Company Limited and U-A Corporation, has developed a ...

In a recent cross-sectional study, researchers from Pennington Biomedical Research Center found that severe obesity is associated with a lower rate of cancer screenings. In their paper published in ...

You must stop eating solid foods and drink only clear liquids the day before a colonoscopy. Arrange for an adult to accompany you to the appointment and help you get home after the procedure. Stop ...

Intermountain Health recently opened a free-standing combined surgical and endoscopy procedure center in Sandy, Utah and is announcing two other Utah endoscopy center locations that will open in Ogden ...

Today marks an exciting milestone, sharing with you the new Olympus strategy, one that builds on our evolution as a pure-play med tech company, but also defines the next chapter with clarity and ...

Airway management is problematic during gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for many reasons. Primarily, endoscopes and airway devices must share the same region of the oropharynx, restricting access when ...

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the utility and safety of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) in infants with suspected dynamic upper airway collapse. Methods: Infants with suspected dynamic ...

Introduction Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have diminished tolerance for gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures (upper/lower) performed under deep sedation, resulting in increased ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — State and federal health leaders have stepped in after an Oregon endoscopy facility was temporarily closed due to some issues with cleaning and quality control. In a statement, ...

Providence Medford (Ore.) Medical Center recently paused endoscopy procedures for 11 days after identifying quality-control lapses in its cleaning and sanitization process. “We recently learned that ...