A camera pill given when a patient enters the emergency room is showing a new way to diagnose and treat, according to a new medical study. Dr. David Blanchard with Doctors Regional/Bay Area Hospital ...
In the US, more than 7 million endoscopies are performed yearly. Capsule endoscopy using a ‘ pill cam ’, where a capsule containing a camera is swallowed and takes images of the digestive tract, is ...
A team of researchers at George Washington University has developed an ingestible pill camera that can be “driven” around the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The device is the first of its kind to offer ...
When most of us hear “colonoscopy,” more often than not it causes an involuntary gulp of trepidation, but thanks to the work of Israeli medical solutions company Given Imaging, that gulp will soon be ...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Doctors have used small cameras on snaking tubes for years to check patients' intestinal troubles. These days, they're asking some patients to swallow the entire camera. Gulp. With ...