POSTS TAGGED AS gastroenterologists

New Light on Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer
Gastrointestinal researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL have used an endoscope, fitted with a special light [MORE]

Liver’s Role in Hypertension

For over a half century, physiologists have known that blood pressure is controlled by some mechanism outside the brain.  [MORE]

Making Good Bacteria Better

Probiotics
The GI tract is a persistent battleground between organisms that benefit or harm the human host.  The notion that [MORE]

IR Endoscope

Infrared Endoscope
Professor Huikai Xie, director of the Biophotonics and Microsystems Laboratory at the University of Florida, has developed an [MORE]

Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)

Innovative Intersection of Endoscopy and Laparoscopy or Deadend?
What is NOTES?  Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is vying to be [MORE]