PHILADELPHIA — Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among patients on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) remains risky in terms of morbidity and mortality, but ...

Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry stool. Peptic ulcers are the leading cause of upper GI bleeding, while diverticular disease is the most common ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Across several subgroups, pantoprazole decreased clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding more than ...

Ibuprofen and other NSAID drugs effect the protective lining of the stomach and leaves individuals exposed to risk of ulcer ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;3(6):349-353. V. Balderas is second-year Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. S.J. Spechler is Chief of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Evidence for metoclopramide use in upper GI bleeding is very low, with few published trial data. Existing data ...

Tiny ingestible spheres filled with engineered bacteria can detect intestinal bleeding by glowing when they encounter heme. Early tests in mice suggest they could become a quick, noninvasive way to ...

Dieulafoy's lesion represents a rare but clinically significant source of gastrointestinal bleeding, characterised by an abnormally large, tortuous submucosal artery that erodes the overlying mucosa.

Both conditions involve symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding, though a major difference is that hematochezia often presents as bright red blood in the stool, while melena appears as black, tarry ...

Severe acid reflux can be an emergency. People should seek medical attention if they experience bloody vomit or stools, difficulty swallowing, or unexplained weight loss. These symptoms may result ...

Move over, colonoscopies — researchers report in ACS Sensors that they’ve developed a sensor made of tiny microspheres packed with blood-sensing bacteria that detect markers of gastrointestinal ...