NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 29 — A simple breath test may supplant endoscopy for investigating people with dyspepsia, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial published in the April ...

Created by Guardant Health, the blood test, known as Shield, was able to detect 83% of colorectal cancers in studies but only 13% of dangerous polyps. Colonoscopies find approximately 95% of these ...

A simple breath test for detecting H pylori infection is as effective and safe as endoscopy and is less uncomfortable and distressing for the patient, conclude researchers in this week’s BMJ. The ...

Endoscopy prep—getting ready for a colonoscopy or upper GI endoscopy—can be intimidating and a bit nerve-racking. During an endoscopy, doctors use a tiny camera to look inside your body, so it’s ...

Endoscopy can be used along with other tests to confirm a diagnosis of cirrhosis and help a doctor decide what treatments might be best. An endoscopy is done by inserting a thin, lighted tube with a ...

Application of a novel noninvasive test comprised of albumin, bilirubin and platelets successfully identified patients with cirrhosis who could safely avoid screening endoscopy without the need for ...

AccuRead Endoscopy, based in California, is a capsule endoscopy reading company. The company provides a portal for providers to upload capsule endoscopy test data from which a data/video report — ...

After asking her followers for tips for healing a black eye, Mandy Moore is back on Instagram talking about another health issue: Over the weekend, the 33-year-old actress and singer documented a ...

On Saturday, Mandy Moore documented her trip to the doctor to find out whether she had celiac disease, posting a snippet of the visit to her Instagram story Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor ...

A fantastic voyage through the body in a miniature vessel? You probably saw it in a science fiction movie. For patients with intestinal bleeding, it is a reality. Digital chips are so small that a ...