Could individuals with upper gastrointestinal mucosal damage be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease later ...

Endoscopy uses a camera to visualize the interior of the stomach. Upper GI Endoscopy examines the upper part of the digestive system, while Colonoscopy or Lower GI Endoscopy focuses on the colon and ...

A history of upper gastrointestinal mucosal damage (MD) is associated with a higher subsequent risk for developing Parkinson disease (PD).

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None required intervention. One patient with gastritis by endoscopy died from disseminated (non-upper GI) malignant disease 2 months after endoscopy. Follow up on the remaining patients was ...

Have you ever heard of the “gut-brain connection”? It refers to the relationship between our gut microbiome and cognitive ...

The analysis involved 9,350 patients with no history of Parkinson’s and who had had an upper endoscopy with biopsy between 2000 and 2005. Most were between the ages of 50 and 64 at the time of ...

Upper gastrointestinal (UGI ... predicts death and need for intervention (blood transfusion, endoscopy, or surgery). A GBS of 0 (pulse <100 bpm; systolic blood pressure ≥110 mm Hg; hemoglobin ...

Of the participants, 2,337 had evidence of mucosal disease (MD) on endoscopy while 7013 did not. The researchers matched people with MD of the upper GI tract by sex, age, and date of endoscopy in ...

Dr Victoria Kunene discusses a colorectal cancer vaccine trial and its revolutionary potential as part of the NHS Cancer ...

Gastroenterology is a specialized area of medicine that focuses on the GI tract. Some gastroenterologists treat general diseases of the GI, while others focus on a particular type ...