World Digestive Health Day 2021
HAPPY WORLD DIGESTIVE HEALTH DAY! Today is a much awaited day on the Guts UK calendar. Guts UK is the only UK charity funding research into the digestive system from top to tail. We must...
28th May 2021
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World IBD Day 2021
On World IBD every year, patient organisations come together from all over the globe to raise awareness of Crohn’s disease & Colitis. Guts UK is proud to fund 11 current active research projects into Crohn’s...
19th May 2021
World Barrett’s Day 2021
Guts UK is proud to be a part of World Barrett’s Oesophagus Day on the 16th May 2021. What is Barrett’s Oesophagus? Barrett’s oesophagus is a term used for pre-cancerous condition where the normal cells that...
16th May 2021
Diverticulosis around the world
A new review has been published about diverticulosis (in the bowel) with data from countries around the world. But before we dig deep into diverticulosis around the world, it’simportant that you know the difference between...
20th April 2021
The World’s 1st Microscopic Colitis Awareness Week!
Guts UK is proud to organise the World’s 1st Microscopic Colitis Awareness Week. Raising awareness of microscopic colitis is so important, as there are simply too many people living undiagnosed in the UK. This week...
12th April 2021
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2021
As well as IBS Awareness Month, April marks Bowel Cancer Awareness Month too. Every day in the UK, 113 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer and 44 people die. What is bowel cancer? It is...
7th April 2021
Chronic Pancreatitis and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life for everyone with major changes to the way we currently live our lives. The promise of hope is on the horizon with better understanding of the virus and the...
26th February 2021
Symptom awareness of deadliest cancers as low as 4% in the UK
Guts UK is a founding charity member of the Less Survivable Taskforce (LSCT). The LSCT was set up by a group of charities all aiming to double survival rates of the 6 less survivable cancers...
Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month 2021
Only 15 of 100 people diagnosed will survive oesophageal cancer for 5 years or more. 59% of oesophageal cancer cases are preventable. Malcolm with his granddaughter Unfortunately, families like Gemma’s know how devastating oesophageal cancer...
Kranky Panky 2020 – The month of the pancreas!
What is pancreatitis? The pancreas is a gland that produces the digestive enzymes that are crucial for turning food and liquid into the building blocks our body needs to function effectively. It also produces hormones....
30th October 2020
