Medications
Heavy antibiotic use tied to development of Crohn's, colitis
The more antibiotics that seniors take, the greater their risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study suggests.
May 13, 2022
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Colitis
Genetics
Exploring autoimmunity's regulatory roots
Our genome contains vast networks that regulate the activity of protein-coding genes. Variations in this regulatory DNA (which does not encode proteins) may affect both when and how much of a given protein a cell produces. ...
May 9, 2022
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Health
Diet type can increase potentially harmful gas in the gut
Published in Clinical Nutrition, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School looked at the production of colonic hydrogen sulfide—a toxic gas in the body that smells like rotten eggs—in people in response ...
May 3, 2022
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Medical economics
More investment needed to cut bowel disorder hospital cases
Extra resources are needed so more patients with bowel disorders can be treated without being admitted to hospital, experts plea.
Apr 14, 2022
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Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccine protects sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease
COVID-19 vaccines taken by people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which affects millions worldwide, safely and effectively protects them from the SARS-Cov-2 virus, a Rutgers study finds.
Apr 11, 2022
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Immunology
Some gut viruses promote intestinal health, while others contribute to inflammatory bowel disease
Research in recent years has demonstrated the diverse roles that gut bacteria can play in health and disease, but what about contributions from viruses, which, like bacteria, perpetually reside within the human intestine? ...
Apr 8, 2022
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Medications
Alpinia hainanensis has potential to help treat ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a nonspecific, chronic and recurrent inflammatory bowel disease. Alpinia plants (Zingiberaceae family) are the ideal materials for finding therapeutic agents against UC. Alpinia hainanensis is an ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Gastroenterology
Model predicts CRC risk in ulcerative colitis patients with low-grade dysplasia
For patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), large, unresected, multifocal low-grade dysplasia (LGD) and recent moderate/severe histological inflammation are associated with elevated risk of developing advanced neoplasia (AN), ...
Mar 25, 2022
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Immunology
How sugar promotes inflammation
People who consume sugar and other carbohydrates in excess over a long period of time have an increased risk of developing an autoimmune disease. In affected patients, the immune system attacks the body's own tissue and the ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Inflammatory disorders
Toxin-producing yeast strains in the gut fuel inflammatory bowel disease
Individual Candida albicans yeast strains in the human gut are as different from each other as the humans that carry them, and some C. albicans strains may damage the gut of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ...
Mar 16, 2022
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