What Doctors Don't Tell YouCROHN'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 ...
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 ...
The other day, at a checkup for our puppy Ollie, I was having a word with our holistic vet about all the unmentionables that go with dog-owning: dirt, worms, fleas and stools.
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 ...
