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 ...

Response and remission rates to immunosuppressive therapy was similar in Crohn disease (CD) with upper gastrointestinal (GI) involvement or extensive CD (ECD), according to study ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a small 10-week study, patients who took 70 mg of alendronate once weekly did not show increased endoscopic evidence of upper gastrointestinal pathology compared with placebo recipients (Journal ...