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The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology, Mark Beattie. You can read here: https://fg.bmj.com/content/12/6/449.
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/12/6
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Mark Beattie's UpFront November 2021

This podcast is focused on the paper "Serum ammonia use: unnecessary, frequent and costly”, published online in Frontline Gastroenterology in August 2021. Dr Oliver Tavabie, Trainee Associate Editor of FG and Hepatology SpR at the Royal London Hospital, interviews the authors Drs Elizabeth Aby, Andrew Olson and Nicholas Lim, from the University of Minnesota.
Read the paper on the Frontline Gastroenterology website: https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2021/08/17/flgastro-2021-101837.
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Serum ammonia use: unnecessary, frequent and costly

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology, Mark Beattie. You can read here: https://fg.bmj.com/content/12/7/541.
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/12/7
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Mark Beattie's UpFront December 2021

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the January 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/1/1
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/1
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Mark Beattie's UpFront January 2022

Rumination in humans is a disorder of the gut-brain interaction affecting three percent of people worldwide. It's characterised by recurrent regurgitation without associated retching or significant nause​a. B​ehavioural therapies are proved to be effective​, with the potential to be successful at the primary care level.
Dr Aditi Kumar, trainee associate editor of Frontline Gastroenterology and specialist gastroenterology registrar in the West Midlands, UK, interviews Dr Ben Disney, a Consultant Gastroenterologist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, with a specialist interest on disorders of the gut-brain interaction. Also present is Dr Dipesh Vasant, a Consultant Gastroenterology and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, with a specialist interest in neurogastroenterology and motility disorders. This Frontline Gastroenterology podcast discusses the recently published paper in January 2022: “Rumination Syndrome: pathophysiology, diagnosis and practical assessment” - https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2022/01/10/flgastro-2021-101856.
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Rumination Syndrome, the effortless regurgitation in humans

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the March 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/2/93
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/2
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Mark Beattie's UpFront March 2022

This is the first in a new series of BMJ Open Gastroenterology interviews, in which we will be covering high-profile publications in conjunction with the lead authors of the papers. 
In this quarter’s podcast, we will be discussing a review article entitled ‘Enteropathies with villous atrophy but negative coeliac serology in adults: current issues’ published online in November 2021 (https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000630).
Dr James Ashton (Social Media Editor of BMJOG) interviews Dr. Annalisa Schiepatti, researcher at the University of Pavia, Italy, and a junior consultant at the Gastroenterology Unit of Maugeri Insitute in Pavia.
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Enteropathies with villous atrophy but negative coeliac serology in adults: current issues

The highlights of the latest edition of the journal brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the May 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/3/183
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/3
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Mark Beattie's UpFront May 2022

Dr Philip Smith, Associate and Social Media Editor of FG and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Bel Kok who is a Consultant Gastroenterologist in the Department of Gastroenterology, Royal London Hospital, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, UK on the paper 'Understanding and managing psychological disorders in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a practical guide' published in paper copy in Frontline Gastroenterology in May 2022 and on the website: https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2022/05/23/flgastro-2022-102094.
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Understanding and managing psychological disorders in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the July 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/4/271
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/4
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Mark Beattie's UpFront July 2022

Please listen to and enjoy the Editor-in-Chief Mark Beattie's highlights from the special edition of Frontline Gastroenterology put together to celebrate BSG Live 2022, with the overarching theme "Moving forward post-pandemic". The content reflects the breadth and strength of our specialty with first-class reviews written by speakers from and linked to content at the meeting.
Read the UpFront of the August 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/e1/e1
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/e1
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Mark Beattie's UpFront August 2022: Moving forward post-pandemic - BSG Live 2022

This is the second in a new series of BMJ Open Gastroenterology interviews, in which we will be covering high-profile publications in conjunction with the lead authors of the papers. 
In this episode we are focusing on a paper entitled ‘Iron deficiency anaemia: pathophysiology, assessment, practical management’ published online in January 2022 (https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/9/1/e000759). Dr James Ashton, Social Media Editor of BMJOG, interviews the authors Dr. Aditi Kumar(1) and Prof. Matthew Brookes(2). This paper is currently our most read article online and covers practical tips for diagnosis, management and additional investigations for this very common problem.
Related blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopengastro/2022/01/25/a-cutting-edge-review-iron-deficiency-anaemia-pathophysiology-assessment-practical-management/
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(1) Gastroenterology trainee at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
(2) Consultant gastroenterologist and lead of gastroenterology clinical research program at Wolverhampton, Professor of gastroenterology at the University of Wolverhampton

Iron deficiency anaemia: pathophysiology, assessment, practical management

Dr Philip Smith, Associate and Social Media Editor of FG and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK, interviews Dr Jeremy Nightingale, Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist and Intestinal Failure specialist from St Mark’s Hospital, London, UK, on the paper 'How to manage a high output stoma' published in Frontline Gastroenterology in 2021 and on the website: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/2/140.
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How to manage a high-output stoma

Dr Kevin Monahan(1) explains what the general gastroenterologist needs to know about the diagnosis and management of patients with Lynch syndrome, including considerations for endoscopy surveillance and changes to the BCS programme.

Read the article in Frontline Gastroenterology here: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/e1/e80

(1) Consultant Gastroenterologist, Family Cancer Clinic and Wolfson Endoscopy Unit, St Mark's Hospital

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Diagnosis and Management of Lynch Syndrome

Dr Aditi Kumar(1) is joined by Professor Andrew Hopper(2) to discuss the role and importance of endoscopy in patients diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Read the article in Frontline Gastroenterology here: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/e1/e72

(1) Trainee associate editor for Frontline Gastroenterology and gastroenterology trainee in the West Midlands.
(2) Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

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Role of endoscopy in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis

Dr Philip Smith(1) interviews Dr James Ashton(2) on the papers, "The importance of high quality ‘big data’ in the application of artificial intelligence in inflammatory bowel disease" and "Artificial intelligence and inflammatory bowel disease: practicalities and future prospects" published online in Frontline Gastroenterology in 2022. Read the articles in Frontline Gastroenterology here: 
https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2022/11/17/flgastro-2022-102342
https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/4/325

(1) Social Media and Associate Editor of FG and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
(2) Paediatric Gastroenterology trainee at the Southampton Children’s Hospital, Southampton, UK, and Clinical Lecturer in Human Genetics and Genomic Medicine at the University of Southampton

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Artificial intelligence in inflammatory bowel disease

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the January 2023 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology:
https://fg.bmj.com/content/14/1/1
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/14/1
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Mark Beattie's UpFront January 2023

Dr Philip Smith, Deputy Editor and Associate Editor of FG and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Keith Siau, Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro, Cornwall, UK and Dr Aravinth Murugananthan, Consultant Gastroenterologist at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK and Director of the Midlands Endoscopy Training Academy on the paper 'JAG consensus statements for training and certification in colonoscopy’ published online in Frontline Gastroenterology in January 2023 and available online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2023/01/26/flgastro-2022-102260

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JAG consensus statements for training and certification in colonoscopy

Dr Philip Smith, Deputy Editor of FG and Social Media Associate Editor and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Simon Everett, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK and BSG ERCP and EUS Quality improvement Lead, on the paper 'Individualised consent for endoscopy: update on the 2016 BSG guidelines’ published online in Frontline Gastroenterology in February 2023: https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2023/02/07/flgastro-2022-102353

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Individualised consent for endoscopy: update on the 2016 BSG guidelines

In this co-interview, both Dr Philip Smith, Deputy Editor of FG and Social Media Associate Editor and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, and Dr Vivek Goodoory, Frontline Gastroenterology trainee editor, Clinical Research Fellow and Registrar in Gastroenterology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, interview Dr Nasar Aslam, Endoscopy Research fellow at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, on the paper 'Minimally invasive endoscopic therapies for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease’, published in Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/14/3/249.

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