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 ...

Researchers have linked upper gastrointestinal tract damage to a higher risk for developing Parkinson’s disease. The report, published Sept. 5 in JAMA Network Open, showed that mucosal damage seen on ...

Researchers report the use of Linked Color Imaging, an innovative modality that specifically combines selected wavelengths of light for illumination in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. This method, ...

In a small 10-week study, patients who took 70 mg of alendronate once weekly did not show increased endoscopic evidence of upper gastrointestinal pathology compared with placebo recipients (Journal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Chan and colleagues assessed data on 19,114 patients from Aspree, an aspirin primary prevention trial. In the ...

Background Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB) is a common medical emergency with evolving demographics and management strategies, particularly in medical/endoscopic therapy and transfusion ...

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 ...

The BREAKWATER trial demonstrated the efficacy of a BRAF-targeted regimen using FOLFIRI, offering a neuropathy-free option for metastatic colorectal cancer patients. HERIZON-GEA-01 trial results ...

Irinotecan plus S-1 (IRIS) versus S-1 alone as first line treatment for advanced gastric cancer: Preliminary results of a randomized phase III study (GC0301/TOP-002) No significant financial ...