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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ColoCap colon capsule endoscopy. A "camera in a capsule" could revolutionize bowel imaging technology, replacing traditional ...

Ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for a while, but they're severely limited and not controllable by physicians, relying entirely on gravity and the digestive system for movement.

CHICAGO - A new camera-in-a-pill can help doctors diagnose and evaluate diseases of the esophagus including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), erosive esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus (a ...

As it turns out, the concept of capsule endoscopy has been relatively easy for physicians and patients alike to digest. In fact, the innovative pill camera technology, pioneered by Given Imaging in ...

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the use of a wireless pill camera, like Given Imaging's PillCam, in its current generation, is not as effective as a ...

Doctors at Mercy Medical Center -- Sioux City announced Tuesday they have begun using a pill-sized camera for state-of-the-art endoscopy, a procedure described as a medical first for Siouxland .

Darrin Carlson's chronic anemia was a telltale sign he might have internal bleeding. Doctors gave him X-rays, a colonoscopy and an endoscopy to try to find the source of his abdominal bleeding -- all ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cameras-in-a-pill can capture views deep within the small intestine, but the doctors who read the results may often fail to spot abnormalities, a small study suggests.