A new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology suggests that wireless capsule endoscopy is a useful and safe technique to study small bowel health in children. While the technology has become widely used in adult treatment, this is the first study to examine its use in pediatrics.”The small bowel has always been difficult to evaluate, due to its size and many convolutions,” says study author Gian Luigi de Angelis, a professor with the University of Parma, Italy. [click link for full article]