11 Liver Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an increasing cause of liver disease necessitating liver transplantation. In patients with advanced ...

Introduction The Rome Foundation stated recommendations in 2016 to report confounding factors in clinical trials concerning functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) [1]. The aim of our study was ...

3 State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Publich Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China 4 Department of Pathobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular ...

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 ...

Three cases are presented of lymphocytic colitis with chronic diarrhoea concurrent with longterm use of Cyclo 3 Fort, a phlebotonic drug used in France. The histological and immunopathological ...

13 Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; on behalf of the Euro-gast EPIC study 14 Department of Pathology and ...

Correspondence to Professor Jingmei Jiang, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, ...

Short chain fatty acid absorption from the human rectum has been studied in 46 subjects attending an obesity clinic, using a dialysis bag technique. From a mixed electrolyte solution, acetate ...

BACKGROUND Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are effective for arthritis but cause gastrointestinal injury. Bovine colostrum is a rich source of growth factors and is marketed as a health ...

Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are at increased risk of colorectal carcinoma. 1, 2 Many clinicians practice colonoscopic surveillance in these patients in the hope of detecting dysplasia or an ...

3 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 4 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Inflammation ...

Mr R E K Marshall, Department of Surgery, Guy’s Hospital,London SE1 9RT, UK. Background—Both acid and duodenal contents are thought to be responsible for the mucosal damage in Barrett’s oesophagus, a ...