Lawrence Muscarella, a medical safety expert and president of LFM Healthcare Solutions in Montgomeryville, Montgomery County, offers the following advice for patients who may be scheduled for a ...

Q. I am a 46-year-old woman with a several year history of heartburn and have been diagnosed with GERD. My family history is positive for cancer, and I'm worried. Should I have a scope procedure? A.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center released an update Friday on more than 500 scope procedures with scopes that were not properly sanitized. They say the procedures took ...

He emphasized that this shouldn't impact people undergoing more routine procedures, such as a colonoscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), commonly performed on people who have frequent heartburn.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Starting June 1, some Coloradans who need medical procedures using a scope in their digestive systems will have to wait for their insurance company’s ...