Bleeding from the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract shouldn't be seen as simply a manageable adverse effect of oral anticoagulation (OAC) for atrial fibrillation (AF). Rather, it's a red flag that the ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for a group of chronic conditions that cause inflammation and swelling ...

An 84-year-old man was admitted to clinic in the early hours of the morning with the complaint of an episode of acute rectal bleeding. He noted bright red blood per rectum at 11 pm the previous ...

Eating foods with red dye or natural colors can temporarily turn your poop red. Red poop could be a sign of GI bleeding, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS – A presenter at the ACG Postgraduate Course discussed evidence-based guidelines which reviewed urgent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data suggest that apixaban, a direct oral anticoagulant, may be preferable to other drugs in its category as it ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall of Boston Scientific’s Obsidio conformable embolic medical device after an investigation found using the product for lower gastrointestinal ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Patients taking blood thinners who were also prescribed statins had a lower risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, no matter what type of blood thinner was used, a ...

The Obsidio Conformable Embolic recall related to an increased risk for bowel ischemia is the most serious kind, the FDA said on Wednesday, citing two deaths associated with the issue. An ...