Response and remission rates to immunosuppressive therapy was similar in Crohn disease (CD) with upper gastrointestinal (GI) involvement or extensive CD (ECD), according to study ...

A new study casts doubt on international guidelines advising up to a week of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Pooled data from 14 ...

Warfarin is associated with higher rates of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding but not overall or lower gastrointestinal bleeding rates compared with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), according to ...

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 ...

The rate of esophageal and gastric erosions among patients on dialysis eligible for anemia treatment was approximately 49 events per 100 patient-years, investigators report. Upper gastrointestinal (GI ...

Recently there have been significant advances on several fronts in the ongoing war against cancer of the alimentary tract. Now, Japanese researchers report the development of another weapon: Linked ...