Wednesday 14 12 11
Manchester United and Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher is taking an extended break from football for health reasons...... |
Thursday 04 08 11
They make up less than one-hundredth of 1 percent of the microbes that live in the colon, but the bacteria and archaea that sop up hydrogen in the gut are fundamental to colon health. In a new study, researchers take a first look at these "hydrogenotrophic" microbes, mapping where they live and how abundant they are in different parts of the lower intestine........ |
Tuesday 24 05 11
Care for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has improved since 2008, according to the third UK IBD audit, but many hospitals are still not reaching the National IBD Service Standards, launched in February 2009. IBD, comprising Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD), affects around 240,000 people in the UK, and is now estimated to cost the NHS in excess of £1 billion........ |
Tuesday 21 12 10
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though millions will turn to the herb echinacea for some relief this cold season, a study out Monday suggests they will get little, if any, benefit. |
Wednesday 15 12 10
A growing number of people with ulcerative colitis are reaching for probiotics -- products containing so-called "friendly" bacteria that populate the intestines. ..... |
Wednesday 01 12 10
A 34-year-old Northern California man with ulcerative colitis who decided to treat himself by swallowing parasitic worms has provided new information about how the worms might help to soothe and heal a variety of intestinal inflammations, researchers reported Wednesday. ..... |
Tuesday 12 10 10
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have developed a novel approach for delivering small bits of genetic material into the body to improve the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases........ |
Sunday 20 06 10
The Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America raised $151,000 in the Take Steps Walk to Fight Digestive Disease Saturday night. ..... |
Thursday 17 06 10
Steroids are not merely the stuff of athletic star scandals. Physicians prescribe steroids for many medical conditions. ..... |
Friday 07 05 10
A team of scientists from the University Hospitals of Geneva and Lausanne have shown that young people with inflammatory bowel diseases have low bone mass and poor bone architecture compared to healthy people of the same age, placing them at increased risk of fracture. Inflammatory bowel disease is a general term referring to any disease characterized by inflammation of the bowel........ |
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