Early experience with unsedated ultrathin 4.9 mm transnasal gastroscopy: A pilot study

BACKGROUND: Unsedated transnasal gastroscopy is a technique with unverified clinical advantages

Helicobacter pylori infection in Canada’s arctic: Searching for the solutions

The Canadian North Helicobacter pylori (CANHelp) working group is a team composed of investigators, health officials and community leaders from Alberta and the Northwest Territories. The group’s initial goals are to investigate the impact of H pylori infection on Canada’s Arctic communities; subsequent goals include identifying treatment strategies that are effective in this region and developing recommendations for health policy aimed at management of H pylori infection. The team’s investigations have begun with the Aklavik H pylori Project in the Aboriginal community of Aklavik, Northwest Territories