Stomach/Duodenum News

Virtual Incision Corp. announced FDA approval of an Investigational Device Exemption supplement for its final stage clinical study of the MIRA Platform for bowel resection procedures.

Researchers identified differences in gut microbiome that may influence cardiometabolic health disparities between Black and white women with insulin resistance, according to a pilot cross-sectional study data published in PLOS ONE.

Bariatric surgery is associated with significantly lower risk for MI, new-onset HF and death among older adults with obesity, regardless of diabetes status, according to an analysis of Medicare beneficiary data.

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of Zenker’s diverticulum.

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of the Whipple procedure and Whipple disease.

Weight loss induced by FDA-approved endoscopic bariatric and metabolic therapies improved several features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, with significant improvement in liver fibrosis, according to research.

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of Roux-en-Y anastomosis.

Open-label placebo reduced pain and rescue medication use among pediatric and adolescent patients with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Microbiome Health Index for post-Antibiotic dysbiosis was a promising biomarker for predicting antibiotic dysbiosis and subsequent microbiome restoration, according to research published in Frontiers of Microbiology.

In a Healio video exclusive, Ruchi Mathur, MD, of the Medically Associated Science and Technology Program at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, discussed how the aging process is associated with changes to the small intestinal microbiome.