(HealthCentersOnline) - Milk is nearly identical in terms of effectiveness when compared to significantly more expensive barium contrast agents for abdominal CAT scans, according to a recent study.

Barium studies should be the first line of defense in diagnosing problems that can occur following surgery for reflux disease, a new study shows. The study reviewed 53 patients who continued to have ...

Context: Patients treated with nonselective cyclooxygenase inhibitors (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs]) often experience dyspepsia and upper gastrointestinal (GI) adverse effects, and ...

MASSIVE hemorrhage from the gastrointestinal tract, particularly hematemesis, is one of the dramatic events in medicine that deeply impress both patient and physician. The question that presents ...

Prompted by retrospective studies suggesting that upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy may have a role in the diagnosis of pediatric IBD, Castellaneta et al. have carried out the first prospective ...