What Doctors Don't Tell YouInflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a much graver condition than irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, both tend to be accompanied by unexpla ...
Remicade was hailed as a wonder drug for rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease when it was licensed for use six years ago. It was such a wonder drug, in fact, that sufferers in Canada were lobbying doctors to prescribe it, and psoriasis sufferers...
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People whose Crohn's disease has been in remission for longer than four years can safely discontinue drug therapy. French researchers have found that the risk of relapse is no different after this time, whether the patient is on drugs or not.
The role of emotional and psychological development in IBD has become increasingly relegated to the role of symptom rather than cause. Many sufferers and practitioners are reluctant to raise the i ...
Inflammatory bowel disease mimics many other similar diseases and disease processes. Before entering into a course of powerful drugs which may cause further distressing symptoms, patients may want ...
Dr John Hermon-Taylor, the IBD researcher, noted that there are seasonal differences in the prevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis which may explain why some sufferers of Crohn's experience ...
Crohn's disease, which causes inflammation of the bowel, may be caused by drinking milk, a leading surgeon believes. ...
The MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination may cause autism and Crohn's disease, five studies to be published later this year will reveal. ...
Q:I have recently been discharged from hospital having had colitis and Crohn's disease diagnosed. I have been ill for three months and have lost 28 pounds. I am waiting for a consultation with a g ...
