A combined colonoscopy and endoscopy lets a doctor examine your upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, all in one procedure. Doctors use a combined colonoscopy and endoscopy to help diagnose the ...

This study investigates upper gastrointestinal tract (UGIT) involvement in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), a condition ...

Real-world data confirm the utility of a real-time, blood-sensing capsule to help triage patients with suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Many of the most serious gastrointestinal (GI) cancers – colon and gastric cancer among them – begin silently, without ...

In an interview, Arvind Bussetty, MD, and Arvind Trindade, MD, delved into the rising rates of gastrointestinal cancers among ...

World Digestive Health Day, commemorated since 2005 by the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO), serves as an urgent ...

Firefighters have a 62% higher likelihood of getting esophageal cancer because of the occupational risk from exposure to ...

It is believed that about 5 to 10 out of every 100 people in the world will get a peptic ulcer at some point during their ...

Besides upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, he performs endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), gastric-per-oral ...

EUS integrates two medical technologies - endoscopy, which involves a flexible tube with a camera for visualizing the digestive tract, and ultrasound, which uses high-frequency sound waves to generate ...