It is reported that up to 10–25% of all diagnoses of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) occur in those aged less than 18 years.1 The long-term impact of disease for those likely to live 70+ years with ...

Background Despite the long-standing recommendations of high-protein diets for patients with cancer, the precise mechanisms of this dietary approach in benefiting tumour suppression and enhancing ...

The commonly reported gastrointestinal side effects that occur with erythromycin are related to its prokinetic action on the gut, mediated, at least in part, by its motilin receptor stimulating ...

Refractory coeliac disease (RCD) is defined by persistent or recurrent malabsorptive symptoms and villous atrophy despite strict adherence to a gluten-free diet (GFD) for at least 6–12 months in the ...

Objective Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) is managed by standard endoscopic combination therapy, but a few cases remain difficult and carry a high risk of persistent or ...

Background and aims: The incidence of gastric cancer in Japan is four times higher than in the UK. It usually arises in a stomach with corpus predominant or pangastritis that has undergone extensive ...

Background Gastric polyps are important as some have malignant potential. If such polyps are left untreated, gastric cancer may result. The malignant potential depends on the histological type of the ...

7 Department of Paediatrics, St George's Hospital, London, UK 8 Department of Gastroenterology, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK 9 Department Gastroenterology, University Hospital of North Tees, UK The ...

Correspondence to Dr Suresh T Chari, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA; chari.suresh{at}mayo.edu Objective Fukuoka ...

Background and aims: There is now good evidence from several sources that hypnotherapy can relieve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in the short term. However, there is no long term data on ...

1 Institute of Immunology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R.China 2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang ...

Background Intestinal fibrosis is a common complication of inflammatory bowel disease, and its core pathogenesis is fibroblast activation and massive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. In recent ...