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Academic pharmacist Nataly Martini provides key information on Helicobacter pylori pathophysiology, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment strategies to enhance patient outcomes

Dietitian Sarah MacAvoy discusses the symptoms of Parkinson disease that affect a person’s ability to maintain good nutrition and those that can be improved with dietary strategies. She also looks at how food and medications interact

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Pope looks at heartburn, including its causes, symptoms and treatment, as well as how to distinguish it from a heart attack

Benign anorectal conditions are very common, and patients may go to pharmacies looking for over-the-counter therapies. Pharmacists will find this article, written by colorectal and general surgeon Sze-Lin Peng, useful for prescribing initial topical treatments and advising patients to get a medical assessment

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