The Western diet contains an average of 16.6 mmol/day of sulphate compared with the 2.7 mmol/day consumed by the average rural African. Animal studies have shown that high levels of sulphated polysaccharides
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
Mesalazine, marketed as Asacol, is widely used for inflammatory bowel disease (colitis) and has the rare distinction of making its second appearance as Drug of the Month. This anti inflammatory m ...
Re bowel disease (WDDTY vol 15 no 1), almost everyone with IBS, colitis or cancer of the gut is hypersensitive to aluminium. The main sources are cooking utensils,
A drug for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) which was linked to the deaths of at least five patients, within nine months of being licensed, may soon be back on the market.
COELIAC DISEASE: Is it a cause of schizophrenia?
Ulcerative colitis is one of those intractable conditions for which medicine has few answers. As a result up to half of all sufferers seek alternative treatment.
COLITIS Aloe vera can ease symptoms A new study has found that aloe vera may ease the pain of ulcerative colitis. Of 44 patients with mild-to-moderate colitis, half were given 100 mL/day of aloe vera gel while the other half took a placebo for four...
Viruses, bacteria or even drugs can be the hidden triggers of inflammatory bowel disease, and many other intestinal illnesses can be mistaken for it. ...
Q I have Crohn’s disease and my GP has recently offered me a new drug called Remicade. Do you have any information on this drug? - RH, Elstead, Surrey