http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/ColitisNews.php/ The latest news on Ulcerative Colitis and IBD http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2861Manchester United and Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher is taking an extended break from football for health reasons. http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2861Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:41:10 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2799They 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... http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2799Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2754Care 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... http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2754Tue, 24 May 2011 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2724NEW 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. http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2724Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:20:06 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2729A growing number of people with ulcerative colitis are reaching for probiotics -- products containing so-called "friendly" bacteria that populate the intestines. http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2729Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:38:27 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2733A 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. http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2733Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:31:34 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2711Researchers 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... http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2711Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2620The Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America raised $151,000 in the Take Steps Walk to Fight Digestive Disease Saturday night. http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2620Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:56:38 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2622Steroids are not merely the stuff of athletic star scandals. Physicians prescribe steroids for many medical conditions. http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2622Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:40:03 GMThttp://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2595A 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... http://www.ulcerativecolitis.org.uk/newsarticle.php?itemid=2595Fri, 07 May 2010 11:00:00 GMT