Digestive System Diseases: News and Research on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease discovered

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with UCL and Imperial College London, have discovered a new biological pathway that is a principal driver of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and related conditions, and ...

Inflammatory bowel disease may increase risk of heart failure

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with a slightly increased risk of heart failure up to 20 years after diagnosis, according to a comprehensive registry study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in ...

Causes of stomach pain in kids

Many kids can get an occasional upset tummy, but what if your child's stomachaches are more persistent?

Study explores potential target to treat liver disease

A clinical trial led by Birmingham researchers investigated targeting a molecule causing liver inflammation and fibrosis to treat patients with Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)—a debilitating liver disease for which there ...

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