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 ...

Increased vigilance may be warranted among patients with mucosal damage for future Parkinson disease risk. Patients with a history of upper gastrointestinal (GI) mucosal damage have an increased risk ...

A risk-based screening strategy shows high efficacy and significant reductions in cost in the detection of upper gastrointestinal cancers compared with conventional universal screening, results from a ...

Using data from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS), Dr. Qiao-Li Wang and colleagues recently set out to further characterize the association between ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at outpatient specialty centers in the United States result in far more infections than previously believed, according to a new study. "Though patients ...