Study, which followed more than 450,000 individuals in Sweden after lower or upper gastrointestinal biopsy, suggests that symptoms of IBD may start significantly before disease shows up on biopsy ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — A real-time, blood-sensing capsule (PillSense) is a safe and effective diagnostic tool for patients with suspected upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that can aid patient triage, reduce ...

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%, ...

BERLIN — Pairing a screening or surveillance colonoscopy with a same-day esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) proved feasible and yielded clinically relevant upper gastrointestinal (GI) findings, ...

Barrett's esophagus is a premalignant condition caused by chronic acid reflux in which the normal squamous epithelium of the esophagus is replaced by a metaplastic columnar epithelium. Of interest is ...