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Patients with chronic heartburn are urged to visit their GP (Photo: iStock)

Oesophageal cancer rise prompts GP visit advice

Patients with persistent acid reflux are being encouraged to visit their GP to check for signs of oe...

'Taste' receptors in the intestine may be defective in patients with diabetes (Photo: SPL)

Gut 'taste sense' faulty in diabetes

The gut may play a larger role in diabetes than first thought, according to researchers who have fou...

Infants: vaccination against rotavirus

Rotavirus vaccination to avoid 'hundreds of thousands' of GP visits

Nearly a million infants will be vaccinated against rotavirus from next year in a bid to avoid hundr...

Warfarin: benefits of resuming treatment after GI bleed outweigh risks (photo: SPL)

Warfarin use can resume after GI bleed

Warfarin treatment should be resumed after a GI bleed because the reduced risk of clots outweighs th...

The number of IBD cases is increasing

Bowel disorder deaths halved in three years by NHS care

Mortality among patients with inflammatory bowel conditions has halved in three years due to improve...

Researchers said results support the use of faecal occult blood testing as a diagnostic tool

Occult blood test utility assessed

Immunochemical faecal occult blood testing (iFOBT) can predict lesions in the lower intestine, but n...

Online CBT can help patients with IBS (Photograph: JH Lancy)

Talking therapy can tackle IBS

Treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be improved by the use of online cognitive behaviou...

Patients can have rapid assessments of gastroenterological conditions (Photograph: Rex Features)

Community Care - New digestive disorders service

Adults in Sheffield now benefit from specialist community gastroenterology care. By Dr Marion Sloan...

Tool gives hope to children with Crohn's

A tool that shows real-time progression of Crohn's disease (CD) in children could improve treatment ...

NICE recommends constipation drug

GPs will have access to a greater variety of treatment options for chronic constipation after NICE a...

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