Several months ago, a number of doctors banded together to denounce homeopathy as unproven and a waste of the National Health Service's limited resources. Periodically, the medical profession has offered similar 'proof'. But what does the scientific...
The diagnosis of ‘inflammatory bowel disease’, or IBD, is among medicine’s many umbrella terms. It hovers over a range of inflammatory conditions of the bowel, although two in particular - ulcerative colitis
The British Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries is investigating whether milk harbouring Mycobacterium paratuberculosis could cause Crohn's disease. ...
CROHN'S: Can we blame the kitchen fridge?
Food allergies are a major factor in the bowel condition Crohn's disease, and dietary changes can be as effective as corticosteroids in easing symptoms, according to UK researchers. ...
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.
WHO BLOWS YOUR TRUMPET? Is it yourself, perchance?
Remicade was trumpeted as a wonder drug for rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease when licensed for use six years ago.
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...
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 ...
What Doctors Don't Tell You
