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Nov 211 min read

Run the Big Half in aid of PORT Charity

Run the Big Half in aid of PORT Charity on Sunday 7th September 2025. Set in the heart of London starting by Tower Bridge and finishing...

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Apply for Funding- Pseudo-Obstruction Research Trust’s (PORT) yearly Small Grants Round

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Nov 211 min read

Apply for Funding- Pseudo-Obstruction Research Trust’s (PORT) yearly Small Grants Round

The Pseudo-Obstruction Research Trust’s (PORT) Small Grants Round is NOW OPEN! PORT funds research into chronic intestinal...

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Sep 284 min read

Lisa Story

After years in and out of hospital and increasingly alarming diagnoses, I consider myself lucky to be alive today. I’m a 36-year-old mum,...

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Jul 201 min read

PORT ARE FUNDING RESEARCH IN 2023

PORT are very proud to announce that we have agreed to fund the following project, commencing in September 2023, for an 18 month...

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UTILITY OF MOTILITY-MRI IN THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREGUT NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH INTESTINAL PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION.

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Sep 30, 20231 min read

UTILITY OF MOTILITY-MRI IN THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREGUT NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH INTESTINAL PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION.

Paediatric intestinal pseudo-obstruction (PIPO) encompasses a group of rare severe disorders affecting the gastrointestinal nerves and...

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Sep 10, 20231 min read

Rugby Shirt auctioned for PORT charity

Our wonderful member Louise Macdonald and her mum managed to get Finn Russel to donate his rugby shirt and sign it to help raise money...

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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT) BASED INTERVENTION ON REDUCING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN THOSE WITH GASTRO-INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY.

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Aug 7, 20231 min read

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT) BASED INTERVENTION ON REDUCING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN THOSE WITH GASTRO-INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY.

Gastrointestinal dysmotility relates to a spectrum of disorders where there is disruption to the movement of food through the...

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A NEW APPROACH TO GASTROPARESIS AND NAUSEA

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Aug 31, 20221 min read

A NEW APPROACH TO GASTROPARESIS AND NAUSEA

The study, funded through PORT ( Pseudo Obstruction Research Trust ), will use human stomach to measure the contractions of the muscle...

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Sean Lock, PORT patron, sadly passes away.

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Aug 18, 20211 min read

Sean Lock, PORT patron, sadly passes away.

We are very sad to share the news that our wonderful patron Sean Lock has passed away. Sean attended our first PORT charity ball, as a...

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HARNESSING MRI FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION FUNDED BY PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION RESEARCH TRUST (PORT).

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Jun 30, 20212 min read

HARNESSING MRI FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION FUNDED BY PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION RESEARCH TRUST (PORT).

The Nottingham Gastrointestinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (GI MRI) group has spent 20 years developing the use of MRI to evaluate the...

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Feb 28, 20213 min read

Rare Diseases Day

The themes of Rare Disease Day 2021 – rare is many, rare is strong, rare is proud. This is our story representing these themes. Pseudo...

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Jan 16, 20212 min read

Isla’s Story

Isla is 9 years old and was born with a rare condition that has only been partly diagnosed. Her younger years were mostly spent in...

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Jan 8, 20212 min read

Ellie-Mai’s Story

Ellie-Mai was born in 2011 at 42 weeks. She is my third child and I had an unremarkable pregnancy and straightforward labour. As soon as...

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Jan 7, 20214 min read

Sadie’s Story

Sadie made a dramatic entrance into the world on the 10th October 2015 and has pretty much turned our world upside down ever since. We...

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Jan 6, 20214 min read

Ollie’s Story

Ollie (the happiest lad alive) was born on 28th August, after a 30 something hour labour, via vacuum due to low heart rate, and other...

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Jan 5, 20213 min read

Ruby’s Story

My name is Ruby Skye and I am 13 years old. I had symptoms of a motility problem from before birth as they noticed on scans that my...

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DEVELOPING NEURONS: THEIR POTENTIAL FOR TISSUE REPAIR FUNDED BY PORT (PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION RESEARCH TRUST)

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Jun 30, 20202 min read

DEVELOPING NEURONS: THEIR POTENTIAL FOR TISSUE REPAIR FUNDED BY PORT (PSEUDO OBSTRUCTION RESEARCH TRUST)

PORT ( Pseudo Obstruction Research Trust ), is funding £50,000 for this study which aims to demonstrate enteric neurogenesis by human...

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Feb 22, 20201 min read

Feeding Tube Awareness Week

During Feeding Tube Awareness Week, we posted awareness posts on our social media accounts-Instagram, Facebook & Twitter. For many with ...

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Jan 26, 20201 min read

PORT DIGEST is now finished and is avialable to read online!

PORT has sent it’s newsletter, PORT DIGEST, out to members and is available online. The first edition of PORT Digest is now finished and...

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Facebook donations and fundraisers raise money for PORT!

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Jan 25, 20201 min read

Facebook donations and fundraisers raise money for PORT!

Facebook donations have been a very useful way for PORT to raise money. Since PORT signed up to Facebook payments, at the end of...

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