Gastroenterology

Gastroenterologist Alan Fraser says there has been exceptional progress with the diagnostic and treatment tools required to eliminate hepatitis C, but the strategies that utilise them are simply not good enough 

Health practitioner support for weight-loss surgery is rising. Dietition Clarice Hebblethwaite provides information on nutritional and behavioural support for patients after surgery 

Pharmacists need to be continually mindful of the potential harms from medication. Gastroenterologist Alan Fraser outlines various gastrointestinal side effects of prescribed medications

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Fookes discusses the treatment of indigestion and heartburn

Pharmacist and medical herbalist Phil Rasmussen reviews the literature on one of the world’s oldest known spices, ginger

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Fookes takes a close look at irritable bowel syndrome

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Fookes looks at gut ecology and its impact on human health and disease

Christchurch pharmacist Sarah Mooney says pharmacists and pharmacy staff are not off the hook when it comes to realising the seriousness of coeliac disease, as commonly dispensed medications and over-the-counter products may contain gluten

Consultant paediatrician Rebecca Hayman and house officer Melissa Hassan describe how you can help children and their whānau manage constipation, a common and challenging problem 

All indigestion medicines containing ranitidine have been recalled or had their supply halted after a carcinogenic impurity was identified in it