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A new study has illuminated the connection between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and lipid profile. IBD is a chronic condition that causes inflammation in the intestines. Abnormal lipid factor levels such as cholesterol ...
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Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have shed light on how an unusual population of T cells may drive harmful inflammation in people with ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune disease that causes damage to the ...
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A medication used for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis is proving to be an effective treatment for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis in the findings of a global study led by University of Chicago Medicine's David T. ...
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In medicine, colitis (pl. colitides) refers to an inflammation of the colon and is often used to describe an inflammation of the large intestine (colon, caecum and rectum).
Colitides may be acute and self-limited or chronic, i.e. persistent, and broadly fit into the category of digestive diseases.
In a medical context, the label colitis (without qualification) is used if:
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