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

Gastrointestinal bleeding is common among people with cirrhosis due to a complication called portal hypertension. This is elevated blood pressure in the veins that lead to your liver. Cirrhosis is ...

A retrospective single-centre study finds that a dual-energy CT protocol is non-inferior to a conventional triphasic CT ...

Current guidelines recommend 5 to 7 days of broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis. In a systematic review and meta-analysis, shorter ...

A woman reaching for a prescription bottle in a medicine cabinet Findings were consistent for patients aged 80 years or older and patients with chronic kidney disease, who are often underrepresented ...

A widely available drug helps prevent upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill adults on a breathing machine, according to the results of a global study and meta-analysis led by researchers ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Patients taking blood thinners who were also prescribed statins had a lower risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, no matter what type of blood thinner was used, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Diverticulitis can cause rectal bleeding. In fact, diverticular bleeding is the most frequent cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Share on Pinterest Grace Cary/Getty Images Diverticulitis is a ...

GLP-1 drugs are 36% more effective than aspirin in reducing colorectal cancer risk, with fewer side effects like acute kidney ...

BRUSSELS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Belgian pharmaceutical group UCB said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell worldwide rights to its drug Somatostatine for gastrointestinal bleeding to unlisted Belgian peer ...