Endoscopy During the COVID-19 Lockdown
What do you do when you feel unwell and need an endoscopy? A patient contacted me today. She has been suffering...
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Posted A New and Simple Way to Detect Barrett’s Oesophagus
The tradition in medicine was always to take a ‘history’ from the patient. The doctor would ask some simple ‘open’ questions and listen to the responses. (S)he would then ask a few highly [...]
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Posted Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGID) The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a continuous tube that connects the mouth to the anus. Its walls contain a layer of muscles, which can [...]
Choline, an important but under-rated nutrient
Choline is important for liver metabolism Choline is a nutrient that was first found about 150 years ago in the bile. It is very important as it helps to make the cell membranes and also plays a [...]
Artificial Sweetener Aspartame and Your Health
Aspartame is one of the most commonly used sweeteners in diet food and drinks. It accounts for over 60% of the sweetener market. Aspartame is found in over 6,000 food products, consumed by [...]
Management of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth – SIBO
My tips to tackle a common problem by Dr Rehan Haidry SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) is a relapsing and remitting condition that affects up to 10-15% of the general population. The [...]
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In Abdominal pain, Acid reflux, Bloating, Colonoscopy, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Digestive Health, Endoscopy, Gastroscopy, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Medication, Research
Posted Psychological treatments work in irritable bowel syndrome
The Study I was very interested to read a new study about the use of psychological therapies for irritable bowel syndrome. This was a meta-analysis, a study which compares results from dozens of [...]
