Artificial intelligence (AI) has proven effective in assessing bowel preparation adequacy, but its role in guiding personalised laxative dosing is untested. In this prospective, multicentre, ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Controversy surrounds the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in ulcerative colitis (UC). Many studies have investigated this risk and reported widely varying rates. METHODS A ...

Background —It is believed that severe portal hypertensive gastropathy probably accounts for most non-variceal bleeding episodes in patients with cirrhosis. Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) also ...

Background: Helicobacter pylori infection induces progressive inflammatory changes in the gastric mucosa that may lead to gastric cancer. Understanding long term effects resulting from the cure of ...

Introduction The risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) in non-dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus (BO) may have been overestimated. The objective was to estimate the incidence of OAC in patients with ...

Objective Depression is a potential risk factor for developing IBD. This association may be related to GI symptoms occurring before diagnosis. We aimed to determine whether depression, adjusted for ...

Acute severe ulcerative colitis is a potentially lethal condition that requires a pro-active approach with either effective medical treatment or timely colectomy. Although intravenous corticosteroids ...

Introduction: Therapeutic strategies to treat chronic pancreatitis (CP) are very limited. Other chronic inflammatory diseases can be successfully suppressed by selective cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) ...