Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry ...

Gastrointestinal diseases can cause symptoms like heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Functional GI diseases affect how the digestive system works without visible organ damage.

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with food allergies were 15.8 times more likely to develop eosinophilic esophagitis. The prevalence of ...

Many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from abdominal pain even between acute inflammatory flare-ups. Altered processing of pain in response to fear may be involved. This is the ...

The transition from the esophagus to the stomach is a delicate region from a medical point of view, often associated with pathological disorders leading to cancer. An international research team has ...

Researchers probing the gut -- 'the inner tube of life' -- have for the first time discovered specific factors in its workings that in the future may help improve treatment for patients facing gut ...

The digestive system comprises several organs, all working in concert to turn the food you eat into energy. But sometimes, illness or injury can lead to a digestive disease that threatens your gut ...

This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights. Faranak Fattahi, PhD, grew up with ...

Seborrheic dermatitis is positively associated with a range of epithelial barrier diseases, including dermatologic, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and ocular diseases.