1 Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Institute of ...

Importance and aims The role of CT colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test is uncertain. The aim of our trial was to compare participation and detection rate (DR) with ...

Introduction The first line treatment for constipation is centred on fibre including increasing dietary fibre and/or fibre supplements. However, fermentable fibres can exacerbate other ...

Correspondence to Professor Jin-Woo Bae, Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea; baejw{at}khu.ac.kr; ...

Objective Chronic alcohol consumption is an important cause of liver-related deaths. Specific intestinal microbiota profiles are associated with susceptibility or resistance to alcoholic liver disease ...

Objective Symptoms in gastroparesis (Gp) and functional dyspepsia (FD) overlap; using egg protein substitute to measure gastric emptying of solids (GES), ~40% of patients are reclassified from Gp to ...

Short-term oral prednisolone was successfully used in the treatment of four patients with chronic erosive gastritis which had failed to respond to conventional therapies. Symptomatic improvement ...

Objective To compare efficacy of pharmacotherapies for chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) based on comparisons to placebo using Bayesian network meta-analysis. Data sources We conducted searches ...

Introduction Coffee ground vomit is vomit that looks subjectively like coffee grounds. It is thought to occur due to the presence of coagulated blood in the vomit and hence is a common indication for ...

Systemic therapy represents the standard of care treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Given the increased risk of death from cirrhosis-related complications in patients ...