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Most of the duodenal diverticula are diagnosed incidentally and asymptomatic, 12% to 27 % at endoscopy. Only 5% to 10% of patients with duodenal diverticula suffer from clinical symptoms.…

Major reports of outcomes after surgery to remove the pancreas may not reflect reality at average hospitals across the US, investigators say.

Recent years have brought an increase in the number…

Clarithromycin is currently one of the antibiotics used for eradication of Helicobacter pylori. However, reports of H. pylori resistance to this antibiotic are increasing worldwide. Clarithromycin resistance has been…

Exercise can help people with an increasingly common type of liver disease improve their health, even if they don’t lose weight, a study shows.

A related study shows that people…

New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that African Americans with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a rare…

Even in those without previous heartburn symptoms, the class of heartburn drugs known as proton pump inhibitors can give rise to such symptoms after the drugs are stopped, according…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine identified a novel link between ITCH, a gene known to regulate inflammation in the body and NOD2, a gene…

There is minimal data evaluating the prevalence of GERD complications in any United States general population, other than non-Hispanic whites. Presently, it is thought that such…

Although alcohol consumption is known to be associated with chronic pancreatitis, new evidence indicates that a threshold of five or more drinks per day is required…

Patients who have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for a prolonged period have an increased risk of developing Barrett’s esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition where the tissue lining the esophagus…

Liver disease is the most prevalent cause of alcohol-related deaths, followed by car accidents and cancer, according to new research conducted in Portugal and presented today at…

Chronic cannabis abuse may cause a distinct medical condition characterized mainly by severe recurrent vomiting, doctors from Omaha, Nebraska, report.

In the World Journal of Gastroenterology, Dr. Siva P. Sontineni…

Following an initial hospitalization for acute alcohol-associated pancreatitis, repeated visits to an outpatient gastrointestinal clinic for brief motivational alcohol counseling sessions more effectively reduces further episodes than does a single standardized…

Where different ethnic groups store fat in their bodies may account for differences in the likelihood they’ll develop insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver…

Results of the first human clinical studies confirm that a new yogurt fights the bacteria that cause gastritis and stomach ulcers with what researchers describe…

Probiotic products, which contain living microbes that aid digestion, may help relieve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, according to Dr. Nourieh Hoveyda and colleagues from University of Oxford, UK.

Irritable bowel…

Maybe you’re in love. Perhaps it was something you ate. Or maybe you’re experiencing hunger pangs. Your stomach and other digestive organs experience a…

Most adults would rather keep talk about colons behind the bathroom door.

It’s time to talk, says Kim Turgeon, MD, FACP, gastroenterologist in Internal Medicine at the University of…

Supplements containing “good” bacteria can help some people with chronic fatigue syndrome feel better, but they may make others feel worse, report Swedish researchers who conducted a small study.

“I…

Antidepressants and psychological therapies, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), appear to provide relief from irritable bowel syndrome, at least in the short-term, according to published studies.

Antidepressants appear to help…

A new study suggests that the metabolic response to obesity and insulin resistance, particularly as it pertains to the liver, differs among ethnic groups in the U.S.…

More than 20 million Americans suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), experienced by many as chronic heartburn. Medication offers short-term relief for some sufferers of this disease.…

The incidence of low-dose aspirin-induced peptic ulcer seems to be increasing in Japan in conjunction with the increasing proportion of elderly individuals, in whom metabolic…

Recent reports have indicated that recurrent chest pain is often a result of esophageal motility disorders or gastroesophageal reflux diseases (GERD), which is known as esophageal chest…

  * When drugs don’t work and surgery is not possible, transplanting stem cells from the patient’s own bone marrow is an effective alternative for the treatment of…