The state’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, has begun restricting the use of anesthesia during colonoscopies, triggering a backlash from doctors who argue the change will discourage people from going through an unpleasant but important procedure.
A phase 2A trial recently received confirmation to proceed in investigating psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of adult patients with IBS.
A groundbreaking technology to pinpoint motility problems is being retired by Medtronic after 17 years on the market. Experts say there s no easy replacement.
Medtronic plans to discontinue its SmartPill, a wireless ingestible capsule that monitors digestive tract pH, transit time, and temperature, after 17 years on t