Background—Populations at low risk of colonic cancer consume large amounts of fibre and starch and pass acid, bulky stools. One short chain fatty acid (SCFA), butyrate, is the colon’s main energy ...

1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA 2 Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA Correspondence to: Dr E V ...

Objective Following an episode of acute biliary pancreatitis, cholecystectomy is advised to prevent recurrent biliary events. There is limited evidence regarding the optimal timing and safety of ...

Correspondence to Professor Giovanni Targher, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Verona Department of Medicine, Verona 37126, Italy; giovanni.targher{at}univr.it Non-alcoholic fatty liver ...

3 The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Department of Radiotherapy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4 The Netherlands Cancer Institute–Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Departments of Gastroenterology and ...

1 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2 Department of Geriatrics and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China ...

1 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The ...

Correspondence to Professor Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; ...

Introduction Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder (hEDS/HSD) is a non-inflammatory connective tissue disorder associated with foregut symptoms, such as dyspepsia, 1 which ...

Correspondence to: Dr E E Frezza Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, MOP Building, Suite 380, 3502 9th St, Lubbock, Texas 79415, USA; eldo ...

Correspondence to Dr Xiaowei Tang, Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China; solitude5834{at}hotmail.com We read with great interest the ...

a Liver Research Group, Division of Cell and Molecular Medicine, Level D, South Lab and Path Block, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK, b Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of ...