Every five years, the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) gathers top researchers in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to set the research agenda for the next five years. The findings and recommendations of these expert workgroups are presented in a series of detailed "Challenges in...
US researchers have successfully treated monkeys with chronic diarrhea using parasitic worms that seem to work by restoring balance in gut bacteria. Their findings strengthen the case for developing and testing probiotic worm therapy for people with inflammatory bowel diseases like colitis...
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have developed a novel technology that can identify, in animal models, potential biomarkers of ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the colon. The study was published, in the...
When laboratory mice were modeled with colitis and treated with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal cells, the cells homed in on the inflamed colon and effectively ameliorated colitis, reported a study published in a recent issue of Cell Transplantation (20:9), now freely available...
Doctors say I have inflammation of colon (colitis) based on a CT scan I had done. They don't think it's from an infection but gave me antibiotics, Cipro and Flagyl. Is this enough medication to cure me? They are pushing Lialda or Asacol. I am wary of these medications and don't want to take...
People living with ulcerative colitis (UC) say greater understanding is needed about the life-altering nature of this chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects approximately 500,000 Americans. Data released today from Voices of UC, an initiative developed to educate and raise awareness of...
In a quirky take on disease awareness, and to mark the official national launch, Crohn's and Colitis New Zealand (CCNZ) in association with Abbott are publishing a "Toilet Map".
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from chronic inflammation of the gut leading to gastrointestinal motility alterations with symptoms such as abdominal pain, cramps and diarrhea that profoundly affect their quality of life. The lack of exposure to worm infections, as a result...
My 73 year old grandmother has colon cancer so she now has a stoma and they had to remove most of her inside organs and such. She has not been in good shape in a long time......she has had two blockages and two surgeries to remove them since the stoma has been inserted. Last night she was...