A GP will then ask them to take a faecal calprotectin test, which looks for proteins in the bowels linked to inflammation.

TO keep up these days with the huge proliferation of acronyms is challenging. Even the intended meanings of some commonly used ones are up for debate. Take LOL, for example. Most people take it to ...

SAINT-PREX, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ferring Pharmaceuticals today announces results from the OPTIMISE study showing the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of a treat-to-target (T2T) ...

The aim of the study was the investigation of the degree of possible inflammation of the autistic children's intestine mucosa by measurement of fecal calprotectin levels and observation of their ...

You wonder about cancer, though it’s still early days. You decide to err on the side of caution and order a FIT test and faecal calprotectin in case you’re missing IBD. These don’t seem likely given ...

The faecal transplant, also known as trans-poo-sion, surely has the title of medicine's most disgusting procedure. It is pretty much what you are imagining - part of a faecal stool is taken from ...

Thank you to everyone who has provided a faecal sample from their cat for our study. As you know, we have been looking at the intestinal flora of cats and whether certain factors affect the kind of ...

Surgeon Gabriel Weston travelled to Rhode Island in the US to watch Dr Colleen Kelly perform a faecal transplant — a procedure that has a 90% success rate when used to treat the life-threatening ...

The effect of the microbiome on the progress of IBD is being investigated in controlled faecal transplantation trials on the ... dysplasia and cholangiocarcinoma in PSC; bile and serum calprotectin ...

Ferring Pharmaceuticals today announces results from the OPTIMISE study showing the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of a treat-to-target (T2T) approach based on faecal calprotectin ...