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healthy drink in two glasses for christmas

Merry Christmas minus the Hearburn!

Acid reflux, Digestive Health, General health, GORD, Your DietBy Jan LetochaDecember 21, 2021

Turkey with all the trimmings, roast potatoes, Christmas pudding, brandy butter, a glass or two of Chardonnay…yum! This festive period is much awaited! However, do you know it can have a negative effect too? Eating and drinking everything in an uncontrollable amount can leave us reaching for the antacid faster than you can realise! Then,…

Coeliac disease

Travelling with Coeliac Disease: Our Top Tips

Bowel Cancer, General health, GORD, IBDBy Jan LetochaMay 16, 2019

Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease caused by a reaction to gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley.  It is not a food intolerance or allergy, but a serious condition that causes the body’s immune system to attack its own tissues if you eat gluten. The result is damage to the…

IBS and sleep

The Link Between Poor Sleep and IBS

Bowel Cancer, Digestive Health, GORD, UncategorizedBy Jan LetochaApril 29, 2019

Half of all people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) suffer from insomnia. Many reports being woken from sleep by abdominal pain, often several times during the night, and unsurprisingly they say they wake in the morning feeling tired and not rested. Unfortunately, the problem can become a vicious cycle as poor sleep may lead to…

Bowel Cancer Screening

Bowel Cancer Screening for the Over 50s: Why It’s So Essential

Bowel Cancer, GORDBy Jan LetochaApril 25, 2019

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK. Around one in 20 of us will develop the disease during our lifetime and rates are rising. Yet, bowel cancer is a survivable disease providing it is caught early. Nine out of 10 people whose cancer is diagnosed at the earliest stage will survive for…

How to Reduce Your Risk of Bowel Cancer

Bowel Cancer, Digestive Health, GORD, IBDBy Jan LetochaApril 8, 2019

To mark Bowel Cancer Awareness Month we’re looking at the simple steps you can take to reduce your risk of developing the disease. Let’s start with some basic facts about bowel cancer. It is the fourth most common cancer to affect both men and women in the UK. One in 14 men and one in…

Breath Test for Cancer

Breath Test Could Diagnose Early Stage Cancers

GORD, IBD, Uncategorized, Your DietBy Jan LetochaMarch 28, 2019

A clinical trial has been launched to develop a breath test that could identify multiple types of cancer. The test, which analyses molecules found in the breath and is completely non-invasive, could help in the identification of cancer in its earliest stages when treatment is likely to be most effective. The trial Owlstone Medical, which developed…

Inflammation Causing Food Colon

Inflammation-Causing Foods Increase Colon Cancer Risk

Bowel Cancer, Cancer, GORD, Your DietBy Jan LetochaMarch 14, 2019

Eating foods that trigger inflammation in your body could increase your risk of colon cancer, two new research studies have concluded. A study published in JAMA Oncology in January 2018 followed the diets of 121,000 people for 26 years. Participants recorded what they ate and their diets were scored based on the amount of foods…

Cut Your Risk of Dying from Bowel Cancer by 88%

Bowel Cancer, Digestive Health, GORDBy Jan LetochaFebruary 27, 2019

Having colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer every 10 years reduces the risks of dying from the disease by 88%, recent research has found.   For many years, gastrointestinal doctors have been urging people to undergo regular bowel cancer screening to protect themselves from the disease. Now researchers have confirmed that people who are given the…

Can Other Tests Besides Colonoscopy Screen for Bowel Cancer?

Bowel Cancer, GORDBy Jan LetochaJanuary 28, 2019

Colonoscopy is the most effective way of screening for bowel cancer in the early stages when the disease is most treatable. The problem is that the procedure is invasive and uncomfortable and some people can be unwilling to have it.   As gastrointestinal specialists, we recognise that, no matter how effective it is, a colonoscopy cannot help…

Gluten free and Coeliac

Going Gluten Free? Think Again Unless You Have To

General health, General News, GORD, Your DietBy Jan LetochaJanuary 21, 2019

As part of your New Year promise to yourself to get fit and healthy, maybe you have made a pledge to avoid eating gluten in the belief that this will make you healthier. If so, it might be time to think again. Gluten Free Diet – Link to type 2 diabetes Gluten has had bad…

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