📅 Kick off the New Year with Southampton's first-ever Gastroenterology Education Day on Jan 21, 2025! 🌟 Perfect for anyone in #PaediatricGI: dietitians, nurses, doctors & more. Gain insights on IBD, coeliac disease, reflux and more. Book now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampton-…

Fabulous news Mark Mark Beattie

With the rapid rise of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of clinical obesity, this article is timely in providing a much-needed overview for every gastroenterologist! 💊💉

A retrospective longitudinal analysis of gastro and hep research participation across secondary and tertiary healthcare settings within England It’s not all ivory towers Frontline Gastro Aditi Kumar Farhad Peerally Aaron Bancil Matthew Brookes fg.bmj.com/content/early/…

If you missed this November 2024 Frontline Gastro article on Direct-to-public Calprotectin testing then check it out! 🩺💡 Findings: • 54.5% of tests are affordable home lateral flow kits, while the rest are lab-based ELISAs • Lateral flow tests are significantly cheaper

Just as the French Revolution remade the politics of Europe, so too is the Trump Revolution transforming the politics of other countries. To succeed in this new world, democracies must make the state work, recover the ability of a nation to stand up for itself, and act with

🌍 Call for sustainable food systems including (medical) nutrition for hospitalised children and their families 🌱 Check out this fascinating review in @FrontGasto_BMJ - fg.bmj.com/content/15/e1/… Key take-aways: • The climate emergency threatens children’s access to food and

An important study comparing recruitment in Gastro & hep between secondary and tertiary centres. Some expected results and some surprises. But the key point for me: be inclusive and diversify study trial designs. Frontline Gastro Matthew Brookes Jonathan Segal Farhad Peerally

Great #FGPodcast with Giamouris Vangelis and Dr Tassos Grammatikopoulos from King's College NHS being interviewed by Oliver Tavabie on the BSPGHAN Pancreatitis Working Group Paper entitled "Pancreatitis in children: practical management from the BSPGHAN Pancreatitis Working Group" via ▶️

2 challenging POEM Cases done today after a complex Achalasia MDT as well. Look 👀 out for our paper on POEM training due to be published in Frontline Gastroenterology soon. Abstract on outcomes in BSG Live 2025 (hopefully). BSG BSG Trainees

👄💡 Did you know orofacial symptoms are common in IBD patients? IBD orofacial signs include: > lip swelling > angular cheilitis > mucosal tags 🤕 Timely diagnosis improves treatment and quality of life 🏥💪 => Brush up on examination in with this Education in Practice

Great #FGPodcast with Giamouris Vangelis and Dr Tassos Grammatikopoulos from King's College NHS being interviewed by Oliver Tavabie on the BSPGHAN Pancreatitis Working Group Paper entitled "Pancreatitis in children: practical management from the BSPGHAN Pancreatitis Working Group" via ▶️

🏥 Oesophageal pH testing: everything you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask ⁉️ Brush up on your oesophageal physiology skills here! 👇 fg.bmj.com/content/16/3/2… With thanks to Dr Benjamin Norton Benjamin Norton and Dr Zarate-Lopez. Phil Smith Oliver Tavabie

Histological section suggestive of oviposition in a gravid threadworm obtained during diagnostic colonoscopy fg.bmj.com/content/early/…

This is a threadworm (Enterobius vermicularis). This Frontline Gastro case reports shows a biopsy capturing a gravid (pregnant) threadworm just before eggs (in their 1000s) are laid in the rectal mucosa. If you see one of these, there are usually others! fg.bmj.com/content/early/…

Coeliac and IBD co-exist New Data from Southampton Prevalence and clinical characteristics of children with coexisting coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease adc.bmj.com/content/early/…

🚨 New article alert 🚨 🗣️ Anyone interested in IBD must read this fantastic review by Mark Beattie and colleagues on adolescent IBD: recent data and practical management 👏 This cohort require a tailored MDT approach addressing physical, social and psychological issues 💪 🧑

🤩 Very excited to announce our new impact factor 😊. FG going onwards and upwards 🚀 . Thanks to all our brilliant editors, reviewers and all of you who have submitted your fantastic work to the journal 🙏 👏. Remember we are a home for everyone, do continue to submit your work

Amazing work! Credit to Mark Beattie and to Phil Smith - onwards and upwards!

🗣️ Anyone interested in IBD must read this fantastic review by Mark Beattie and colleagues on adolescent IBD: recent data and practical management 👏 This cohort require a tailored MDT approach addressing physical, social and psychological issues 💪 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 🧠. Check out