Study approach The TRINITY study was a prospective diagnostic accuracy trial conducted at the Asian Institute of ...

Background Despite the long-standing recommendations of high-protein diets for patients with cancer, the precise mechanisms of this dietary approach in benefiting tumour suppression and enhancing ...

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health ...

Introduction Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis is an autoimmune necrotising granulomatous disorder affecting small to medium sized blood vessels mostly ...

BACKGROUND Cholesterol gall stones are a frequent disease for which at present surgery is the usual therapy. Despite the importance of bile acids it has become evident that phospholipids are the main ...

Background Plant-derived exosome-like nanoparticles (PELNs) have been considered to have great prospects in the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) as they serve as a natural nano-drug carrier that ...

Correspondence to Brian B Scott, Department of Medicine, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln LN2 5QY, UK; drbbscott{at}aol.com Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) occurs in 2–5% of adult men and postmenopausal ...

Introduction The Rome Foundation stated recommendations in 2016 to report confounding factors in clinical trials concerning functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) [1]. The aim of our study was ...

Professor M Trevisan, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 270 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14214–3000, USA. Email: trevisan{at ...

11 Liver Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an increasing cause of liver disease necessitating liver transplantation. In patients with advanced ...

Correspondence to Professor Jingmei Jiang, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, ...