ATLANTA, Georgia — Patients with atrial fibrillation receiving anticoagulant therapy are more likely to experience gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding when treated with rivaroxaban than when treated with ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- People with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) faced higher rates of potentially fatal gastrointestinal bleeding, a retrospective study found. Those with stage 5 CKD had a 40% ...

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 ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common and potentially life-threatening condition that requires prompt and accurate diagnosis. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy are the primary ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified eight primary factors that increase the risk of a common bleeding complication after heart attack. Some of these factors are already ...

Possible causes of blood in stool include gastroenteritis, anal fissures, hemorrhoids, inflammatory bowel disease, and more. Treatment can depend on the underlying cause. Below, learn more about 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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with systemic sclerosis are at a significantly higher risk for gastrointestinal bleeding compared with ...

Khaberni - The Health Care Family Institute newsletter (from the King Hussein Foundation institutes) discusses today, ...