News tagged with chronic bowel disease


Clinical support for patient self-management is rhetoric rather than reality

The processes to allow people to self-manage their own illness are not being used appropriately by health professionals to the benefit of their patients, new research suggests.

Health created May 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation

People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma—in which psychological stress plays a major role—may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, ...

Immunology created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transplant effective in treating those with severe Crohn's disease, study shows

(Medical Xpress)—Patients suffering from severe Crohn's disease who were no longer able to tolerate intravenous feedings were able to return to a normal oral diet and saw no clinical recurrences of the disease after undergoing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than 200 genes identified for Crohn's Disease

More than two hundred gene locations have now been identified for the chronic bowel condition Crohn's Disease, in a study that analysed the entire human genome.

Genetics created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Probiotic worm treatment may improve symptoms of colitis by restoring gut bacteria to healthy state

A new study on monkeys with chronic diarrhea that were treated by microscopic parasite worm (helminth) eggs has provided insights on how this form of therapy may heal the intestine. This condition in monkeys is similar to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blocking tumor-induced inflammation impacts cancer development

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report the discovery of microbial–dependent mechanisms through which some cancers mount an inflammatory response that fuels their ...

Cancer created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune cell death safeguards against autoimmune disease

Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered that a pair of molecules work together to kill so-called 'self-reactive' immune cells that are programmed to attack the body's own organs. ...

Immunology created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacteria-immune system 'fight' can lead to chronic diseases, study suggests

Results from a study conducted at Georgia State University suggest that a "fight" between bacteria normally living in the intestines and the immune system, kicked off by another type of bacteria, may be linked to two types ...

Inflammatory disorders created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Decreasing cancer risk associated with inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease is caused by chronic inflammation , which leads to damage of the intestinal epithelium.

Inflammatory disorders created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zebrafish provide insights into causes and treatment of human diseases

Zebrafish, popular as aquarium fish, now have an important place in research labs as a model organism for studying human diseases.

Genetics created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Shingles vaccine among patients with psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis not linked with increased risk of shingles

Although some have suggested that patients receiving medication for immune-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis may be at increased risk of herpes zoster (HZ; shingles) shortly after receipt of the ...

Immunology created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New review outlines screening strategies for osteoporosis in young adults

Much of the research defining osteoporosis and fracture risk has focused on older adults, i.e. postmenopausal women and men over the age of 50. While older adults are at highest risk of osteoporosis and related fractures, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Good bugs gone bad: Gut immune cells keep beneficial microbes in their place

The healthy human intestine is colonized with over 100 trillion beneficial, or commensal, bacteria of many different species. In healthy people, these bacteria are limited to the intestinal tissues and have ...

Medical research created Jun 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

MR enterography is as good or better than standard imaging exams for pediatric Crohn's patients

MR enterography is superior to CT enterography in diagnosing fibrosis in pediatric patients with Crohn disease and equally as good as CT enterography in detecting active inflammation, and a new study shows.

Cancer created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Colitis in test mice responds to treatment with human umbilical cord-derived mensenchymal cells

When laboratory mice were modeled with colitis and treated with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal cells, the cells homed in on the inflamed colon and effectively ameliorated colitis, reported a study published in a ...

Medical research created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0