News

Updated 23 October 2024

This page will feature anything to do with acid reflux, Barrett's Oesophagus and Oesophageal AdenoCarcinoma.

Please send any items for inclusion to news@Barretts.org.uk

Diagnostic tests

Breath Test

From The Sun 6 October 2024, "New breath test that detects three types of cancers which kill 44,000 a year to be trialled across UK"

This is in regard to the trialling of the Breath Test by NHS on 8000 patients in 2025. 

Click here to read a patient's experience of this.

Cytosponge

From Nursing Times 23 October 2024 "Leicester nurses extend ‘sponge on a string’ test to community"

The move has seen a 20-week reduction in patient waiting times and has gathered positive feedback from patients.

The capsule sponge test is available to patients with symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease such as acid reflux or heartburn and is being offered as a less invasive alternative to endoscopy.

Click here to read a patient's experience of this.

Treatments

Are Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) Safe for Long-Term Use?

A Yale Medicine doctor discusses the risks and benefits of medications for acid reflux. 

Coming soon

9th November is International Reflux Day inaugurated by IQoro in 2021 and recognised each year on this date.

17th to 23rd November is GERD Awareness Week inaugurated in November, 1999 by the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) 

Other items of interest

Our Facebook Group, BarrettsEsophagusAwareness presently has 13,400 members.

Down With Acid pages are frequently updated. (See the foot of each page for details.) 

Latest pages include the "Illustrated Digestion Story", part of the "made easy" initiative.