Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry ...

THERE have been two striking changes in the last twenty years in the management of hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract. Twenty years ago many able clinicians discouraged the giving of ...

An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a procedure that helps diagnose and treat conditions of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. During the EGD procedure, a doctor passes an endoscope, a camera ...

Researchers have identified eight primary factors that increase the risk of a common bleeding complication after heart attack. Some of these factors are already known, but using machine learning ...

Q: My neighbor’s daughter was hospitalized for throwing up blood. She is just a child, what can cause this? A: Throwing up blood (hematemesis) is typically due to bleeding in the upper ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The swallowed capsule detected the presence of blood with a sensitivity and specificity of 92.9% and 90.6%, ...

Upper GI mucosal damage was tied to a 76% higher risk of subsequent Parkinson's disease. The retrospective study followed GI patients for nearly 15 years. The findings support literature suggesting ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are finding more evidence of the link between the gut and brain and Parkinson’s. Maskot/Getty Images The exact cause of Parkinson’s is unclear, but experts believe that ...

This study tested the hypothesis of whether upper GI mucosal damage (MD) increases the risk of a PD diagnosis. Even after adjusting for covariates, individuals with MD had a 76% higher chance of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “GI bleeding is the most common GI reason for hospitalization in the U.S. and thus the most common emergency ...