Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, chronic autoimmune disorders collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), affect about 3 million Americans. They require a significant amount of medical management, sometimes ...
Nov 15, 2021
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A research team at the Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal has shown that genes present in specific intestinal cells protect against the development of inflammatory bowel diseases. Published today in the ...
Nov 12, 2021
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Here's some comforting news for people who struggle with inflammatory bowel disease and worry that the immune-suppressing drugs they must take might blunt their response to COVID-19 vaccines: New research finds vaccination ...
Nov 4, 2021
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The effectiveness of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in treating ulcerative colitis depends on a small set of beneficial bacterial strains, suggests a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Oct 12, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The global prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) ranges from 0.96 percent in Crohn disease (CD) to 2.47 percent in ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a review published online Aug. 19 in Gastroenterology.
Sep 27, 2021
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The intestinal microbial ecosystem includes diverse species of bacteria. These bacteria can produce bioactive metabolites that directly affect the host's immune system. An imbalance of microbial metabolites has been implicated ...
Sep 20, 2021
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New "maps" of hundreds of thousands of cells related to inflammatory bowel disease shed greater light on their effects on intestinal tissues through a newly utilized imaging technique called imaging mass cytometry. The novel ...
Sep 16, 2021
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There may be good news for the nearly 1 million people battling ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel condition with no real cure: Statins, a commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drug, seem to be an effective, ...
Sep 16, 2021
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It is not necessary to tailor the medication doses to patients, at thestart of treatment, for patients to have a good effect. This is shown by a new Norwegian study led by Professor Espen A. Haavardsholm.
Sep 9, 2021
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After the first symptoms, the diagnosis of the bowel disease ulcerative colitis may take a few months. As shown in a study at Örebro University, there is, however, a precursor to the disease already several years before ...
Sep 3, 2021
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