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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with urgent endoscopy and late endoscopy, early endoscopy correlated with better outcomes among ...

The study was conducted in two phases at four hospitals in the United Kingdom. In the first phase, data on consecutive UGI bleeders were collected at three hospitals prospectively and retrospectively ...

When considering the value of early endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal bleeding, we must first examine the overall value of endoscopy in this setting. Endoscopy is the most accurate and practical ...

The American College of Gastroenterology published updated guidelines on managing upper gastrointestinal and ulcer bleeding in the May 2021 issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology. The ...

Use upper endoscopy wisely Inappropriate endoscopy use generates unnecessary costs and exposes patients to harms without improving outcomes. Although upper endoscopy is commonly used in the diagnosis ...

Upper endoscopy procedure commonly used to diagnose and manage gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is often overused by physicians, finds study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Upper ...

Gastroenterology has experienced a complex mix of momentum and headwinds throughout 2025. Demand for GI services remains high, procedure volumes continue to shift into lower-cost outpatient settings ...

Upper GI mucosal damage was tied to a 76% higher risk of subsequent Parkinson's disease. The retrospective study followed GI patients for nearly 15 years. The findings support literature suggesting ...

An upper GI series is a diagnostic procedure with x-rays to help diagnose problems of the upper GI tract that includes the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum. The duodenum is the first part of the small ...