{"id":787390,"date":"2026-09-30T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787390\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:58:08","slug":"pill-on-string-detects-oesophogel-cancer-in-people-with-heartburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787390\/","title":{"rendered":"Pill on string detects oesophogel cancer in people with heartburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After swallowing a gelatin capsule attached to a chord and drinking a few cups of water, it dissolves in the stomach and releases a small sponge which is carefully pulled back up through the gullet by a nurse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not the most pleasant thing I&#8217;ve ever had to do,&#8221; said Iola.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The swallowing of the tablet was okay but then it opens in you stomach into a little brush and that&#8217;s got to come out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;And that was uncomfortable but only for a couple of seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Consultant gastroenterologist Dr Hasan Haboubi said: &#8220;If people are having long-standing heartburn symptoms and are either going to their chemist for regular Rennies or buying omeprazole over the counter, or going to their GP regularly, then that&#8217;s when it&#8217;s worth thinking about if there are any obvious lifestyle changes that need to be made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If we do need to identify those patients who need a little bit more observation then that&#8217;s the whole purpose of this kind of study. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;A capsule sponge test is a able to detect any pre-cancerous changes at an early stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After swallowing a gelatin capsule attached to a chord and drinking a few cups of water, it dissolves&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-787390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}