A cohort study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that among patients with nonvalvular atrial ...

When pain relief is needed, the agents lessen bleeding risks compared with nonselective NSAIDs, observational data suggest.

If you are over age 75, and taking an anticoagulant, the old standard may be the gold standard, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have determined. In a study released online in April in the ...

Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry stool. Peptic ulcers are the leading ...

The rate of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding mortality in the US nearly doubled between 2007 and 2020, coinciding with increased prescriptions for direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). However, the risk ...

Some antidepressant medications carry a significant risk of upper-GI hemorrhage. The risk more than triples when the patient also takes certain painkillers. Data from four studies involving 153,000 ...

Treatment with thalidomide led to a reduction in bleeding among patients with recurrent bleeding due to small-intestinal angiodysplasia (SIA), a randomized trial showed. In 150 patients, 68.6% of ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding is common among people with cirrhosis due to a complication called portal hypertension. This is elevated blood pressure in the veins that lead to your liver. Cirrhosis is ...

Angiodysplasia of the colon refers to swollen blood vessels in the colon that may weaken and rupture, resulting in bleeding and lesions. Angiodysplasia may lead to various complications. However, it ...