Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News PA A new method for detecting bowel cancer is more than 90% accurate at predicting which higher-risk people will develop the disease, according to research. About 500,000 people in the UK live with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis. Currently, they are offered regular checks for … Read more
Getty Images A large UK study has found further evidence that people with more calcium in their diet – equivalent to a glass of milk a day – can help reduce their risk of bowel cancer. The researchers analysed the diets of more than half a million women over 16 years and found dark leafy … Read more
Phil Tragen/The Christie/PA Media Bianca Perea said she is “so grateful” to the family who agreed to donate their loved one’s liver The first patient in the UK with advanced bowel cancer to receive a liver transplant after the disease spread to it has said she had been given “a second chance at life”. Bianca … Read more
11 minutes ago James Gallagher,Health and science correspondent, @JamesTGallagher Lauren Golightly Lauren Golightly has Crohn’s Disease, a type of IBD A major cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been discovered by UK scientists. They found a weak spot in our DNA that is present in 95% of people with the disease. It makes it … Read more
Offering regular colonoscopies to people with Lynch syndrome at any age will save lives, NHS England says. Source link
Patients can now go home on the same day as having surgery to remove stoma bags. Source link
The health board that treated Farrah Moseley-Brown admits failings in her care. Source link
People whose lives were damaged by surgery say they are still waiting to see an official report. Source link
Stephen Sweetlove says he was reluctant to seek help because did not want to “burden the NHS”. Source link
The AI flags up tissue of concern to the medic carrying out the colonoscopy, missed by the human eye. Source link