#FGBlog :Disparity between current guidelines and prescribing in IBD: Is it a lack of awareness or lack of convincing evidence?

It is a well-known fact that the greatest limitation of large randomised controlled trial studies is their lack of external validity with specific patients being excluded from important studies due to their co-morbidities including surgical history (such as ileostomies), age (whether that be children or the elderly) and gender (with females being more likely to […]

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‘Frontline IBD: Nutrition in IBD – what to do in theory and practice’

After the great #FGDebate with the Dr Johnson, we are delighted to announce our next #FGDebate will be on Tuesday 22nd March 2016 with Dr Richard Hansen, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Ms Joan Gavin, Paediatric Gastroenterology Dietician, at 8-9pm GMT and will discuss, ‘Frontline IBD: Nutrition in IBD – what to do in theory and practice’. […]

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Missed the #FGDebate with Ms Kay Greveson? Catch up with the Podcast and Storify summary of the debate here – ‘Frontline IBD: Travel and IBD – advice from the IBD Passport’

If you missed the #FGDebate with Ms Kay Greveson, ‘Frontline IBD: Travel and IBD – advice from the IBD Passport’ you can catch up with the Storify summary of the #FGDebate at: https://storify.com/FrontGastro_BMJ/frontline-ibd-travel-and-ibd-advice-from-ibd-passp The podcast with Ms Kay Greveson can be listened to here: Don’t forget to join us for the next #FGDebate which is with Dr […]

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‘Frontline IBD: Travel and IBD – advice from IBD Passport’

After the great #FGDebate with the Dr Anton Emmanuel, we are delighted to announce our next #FGDebate will be on Tuesday 19th January 2016 with Ms Kay Greveson, IBD Nurse Specialist at the Royal Free Hospital, London, at 8-9pm GMT and will discuss, ‘Frontline IBD: Travel and IBD – advice from IBD Passport’. Kay Greveson RGN, MSc, […]

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Missed the DDW Special #FGDebate with Professor Edward Loftus? Catch up with the Podcast and Storify summary of the debate here – ‘Frontline IBD: Hot topics in IBD’

If you missed the DDW Special #FGDebate with Professor Edward Loftus on ‘Frontline IBD: Hot topics in IBD,’ you can catch up with the:   Podcast after the #FGDebate at   https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/frontline-ibd-hot-topics   Or the Storify summary of the #FGDebate at   https://storify.com/FrontGastro_BMJ/frontline-ibd-hot-topics-in-ibd   Don’t forget to join us for the next debate which is […]

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‘Frontline IBD: Hot topics in IBD’

After the great success of the #FGDebate with Dr Simon Gabe, we are delighted to announce our next #FGDebate will be a #DDW15 Special debate with world renowned IBD expert Professor Edward Loftus (@EdwardLoftus2), Professor of Gastroenterology and IBD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, on Monday 11th May 2015, at 9-10pm GMT and will discuss, ‘Frontline IBD: […]

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Missed the #FGDebate with Dr Charlie Lees? Catch up with the Podcast and Storify summary of the debate – ‘Frontline IBD: Finding the cause of IBD – genes, bugs or diet?’

If you missed the #FGDebate with Dr Charlie Lees, ‘Frontline IBD: Finding the cause of IBD – genes, bugs or diet?’, you can catch up with the: Podcast with Dr Lees, after the #FGDebate: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/finding-the-cause-of-ibd-genes-bugs-or-diet/s-GTLBB or the Storify summary of the #FGDebate at:https://storify.com/FrontGastro_BMJ/frontline-ibd-finding-the-cause-of-ibd-genes-bugs Don’t forget to join us for the next debate with Prof Sir […]

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Frontline IBD: Finding the cause of IBD – genes, bugs or diet? #FGDebate

After the great success of our first ever #FGDebate we are delighted to announce our second debate will be lead by Dr Charlie Lees (@charlie_lees), Consultant Gastroenterologist and IBD Specialist, on 14th OCtober 2014, at 8-9pm GMT and discuss, “‘Frontline IBD: Finding the cause of IBD – genes, bugs or diet?” Dr Charlie Lees is […]

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