(Source: Sammamish Reporter)
A high school project to study and report on different tissue diseases became a lot more than a quest for a good grade when one student found the answer to a question that had puzzled her doctors for years. (more…)
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WellApps, Inc. launched an iPhone application to help people with (IBD) Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis provide accurate symptom data to their doctors for optimal treatment. The application, called (more…)
(Source: DailyPress)
NORFOLK, Va. - Pair up, Julie Manthey told the students in her Old Dominion University writing class. Critique your partner’s work and discuss it.
Manthey walked among the college students (more…)
(Source: New York Times)
Sometimes drugs that heal your body can cause side effects that dampen your spirit. Loren Berlin, who has ulcerative colitis, writes about gaining weight as a result of a drug treatment. (more…)
This summer, kids with IBD can attend a camp with kids just like them. Camp Oasis, offered by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), is open to kids with medical stable Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. For 2009, camps are located in California, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington State, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Camps are also looking for volunteers such as counselors, activity specialists, physicians, nurses, and mental health specialists.
Visit their website: http://www.ccfa.org/kidsteens/camp
I came across the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America website and noticed something. It is a fantastic resource for those dealing with any gastrointestinal disease. It even talks a little about the SC diet under the diet and nutrition area. With a strong community and great articles, it’s definitely a website to go check out. Also, I joined the forum located at www.ccfacommunity.org.
(Source: PHYSORG)
Ever since the 1966 Hollywood movie, doctors have imagined a real-life Fantastic Voyage — a medical vehicle shrunk small enough to “submarine” in and fix faulty cells in the body. Thanks to new research by Tel Aviv University scientists, that reality may be only three years away. (more…)
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People who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome can help relieve their suffering if they increase their dietary intake of fiber. Irritable bowel syndrome, fiber and (more…)
(Source: About.com)
Researchers in the UK have discovered that a miscoded gene may be partly responsible for some people developing IBD. While still in the womb, this gene, which is part of the chemical reaction in the colon, is only “half” as active as it should be. Therefore, it is not producing as much of a certain protein as it should. The authors of the study conclude that this protein must be responsible for calming inflammation in the digestive tract, and having a faulty copy of the gene that codes for it could lead to developing IBD. The next step would be to test the effect this protein has on people with IBD.
