The string test, which is also called the Entero-test, is a test used to find parasites in the upper part of your gastrointestinal tract. To perform the test, you swallow a string. When the string is ...

As a nation we are gaining weight rapidly, risking our lives and passing on bad habits to our children and future generations. Fast food, busy lifestyles and genetics are largely to blame and a new ...

AURORA, Colo., Oct. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EnteroTrack LLC announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is paying for the company’s Esophageal String Test ® (EST), marking a ...

A ‘sponge on a string’ pill test can identify which people with a condition called Barrett’s esophagus have a low risk of developing esophageal cancer - sparing them uncomfortable endoscopies. Cancer ...

AURORA, Colo., Oct. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clinicians with the Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Disease Program at the Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital of Colorado, performed the ...

Chennai: Australian physician and Nobel laureate Dr Barry J Marshall, who in the 1980s ingested ulcer-causing bacteria H pylori for a research study to prove it causes ulcers, is now working on a ...