Your liver plays a vital role in the digestion process yet not many people know much about the largest solid organ inside the body or how to look after it. What your liver does? The liver performs more than 500 vital functions in the body, including producing energy, detoxifying the blood and fighting infection. It…
Have you ever found yourself looking at an empty packet of biscuits and wondering how you managed to eat the whole lot without even really noticing? Maybe you were watching TV or deep in conversation with a friend or reading a great book and the next time you looked the biscuit packet was pretty much…
It’s Christmas party season and if you’re an IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) sufferer you may have more to worry about than simply what to wear. The Festive season can play havoc with our digestion with all that rich food and alcohol, plus irregular mealtimes. When you’ve factored in the stress of Christmas, it’s not hard to…
Bowel cancer is treatable if it is caught early. In fact, roughly nine out of 10 people will survive for at least five years if they are diagnosed and treated while the disease is in its earliest stage. Screening for bowel cancer is the most effective way of detecting the disease in its earliest stages, sometimes…
It’s a question we are often asked as gastrointestinal specialists. It is understandable that people with IBS can feel anxious about its potential impact on their relationship – it can be a bit of a passion killer if your stomach is bloated and you are affected by bouts of recurrent diarrhoea or constipation… or both. But most…
All of us know that feeling of discomfort when we’ve overindulged or eaten the wrong type of foods. Constipation and diarrhoea are sometimes our tummy’s way of telling us that it doesn’t think much of recent food or lifestyle choices. A happy tummy makes for a far happier life in general! To mark World Digestive Health Day (29 May),…
To mark Coeliac Awareness Week from 14th to 20th May, we are looking at some of the common myths and misconceptions about the disease and hoping to set the records straight about what it is (and isn’t), who is affected and what to do if you have the disease. “It is the same as being…
At this time of year, after we’ve maybe piled on a few pounds over Christmas and we’re feeling motivated to get fit, we can sometimes push ourselves a bit too hard. The number of sports-related and gym-related hernias rises in January. So, what is a hernia and how can you avoid one? Hernias occur when…
Around 9,600 people in the UK are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year. It is the 11th most common cancer and can, unfortunately, be difficult to treat if diagnosed too late so understanding symptoms is vital. Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month – November 2017 To mark Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month, this November, we are sharing some…
If your digestive system is not functioning to the best of it’s ability, it can leave you feeling quite unwell, bloated, in pain, and low on energy. It may even be affecting your social life if symptoms are preventing you from meeting up with friends or attending family functions. How can you change simple lifestyle…