Background Treatment strategies for Crohn’s disease (CD) suppress diverse inflammatory pathways but many patients remain ...

The link between gut microbiome and eating behaviours, especially palatable food intake, is a growing focus of scientific ...

Introduction Gastrostomy tubes for enteral nutrition are most commonly inserted via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG) techniques. However, there is ...

6 Xuhui Hospital, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Subepithelial lesions (SLEs) are often detected incidentally during endoscopic examination. They represent a ...

Exciting new results from a genetic study in humans and functional studies in mice have pinpointed interleukin 23 (IL23) and its receptor as a key pathway in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel ...

Objective Delayed second dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccination trades maximal effectiveness for a lower level of immunity across more of the population. We investigated whether patients with inflammatory bowel ...

Correspondence to Dr Ka Shing Cheung, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, Hong Kong; cks634{at}hku.hk; Prof Wai-Kay Seto; wkseto{at}hku.hk Objective Whether varying ...

Objective The adverse effects of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have been documented for pneumonia; however, there is no consensus regarding whether the use of PPIs might be harmful regarding the risk ...

Introduction Background: Optimal patient preparation for colonoscopy is shown to improve polyp detection in the colon. In Japan, it is widely accepted practice to administer a mucolytic agent prior to ...

4 Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHRU Lille, France Correspondence to: Professor J-F Colombel Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHRU de Lille, ...

Introduction Whilst comfort scoring is an auditable standard for quality in colonoscopy, there is currently no widely accepted comfort score for gastroscopy. We developed a five point gastroscopy ...

Dr G G Forstner, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada email:gforst{at}sickkids.on.ca BACKGROUND AND AIMS ...