‘ Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver’ (American philosopher William James [1842—1910]) Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most frequent global liver disease.1 ...

These guidelines have developed as a joint project between the Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the British Society of Gastroenterology, and the British ...

### 1.1 PURPOSE OF GUIDELINES These guidelines were compiled by a multidisciplinary group at the request of the chairman of the British Society of Gastroenterology's Clinical Services Committee. The ...

Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a major cause of morbidity and burden of disease worldwide. It can generally be diagnosed by blood testing and remedied by iron replacement therapy (IRT) using the ...

Objective The benefit of continuing 5-aminosalicylate (5-ASA) in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who initiate anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNF) biologics is unknown. We aimed to ...

Objective To highlight the contribution of the gut microbiota to the modulation of host metabolism by dietary inulin-type fructans (ITF prebiotics) in obese women. Methods A double blind, placebo ...

Background Chronic inflammation and elevated reactive oxygen species are key contributors to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ...

A high adenoma detection rate (ADR) is vital for effective colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, but evidence suggests limited additional benefit beyond a certain threshold. In a pooled analysis of five ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Stress may be an important factor in exacerbating inflammatory bowel disease but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Defective epithelial barrier function may allow uptake of ...

Objective Faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) effectively treats recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI), but its mechanisms of action remain poorly defined. Certain bile acids affect C.

Background —Psychological, social, and extraintestinal (somatic) disturbances are prominent features of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID); little attention, however, has been given to ...

These updated guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) ...