(Source: mediLexicon)
A new experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) completely reverses the devastating autoimmune disorder in mice, and might work exactly the same way in humans, Read More »
Sussex woman suffering from ovarian cancer was misdiagnosed
(Source: The Argus)
A Sussex nurse has revealed how her doctor misdiagnosed her with irritable bowel syndrome instead of potentially deadly ovarian cancer. Read More »
Student solves her own medical mystery
(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. Read More »
IBD Patient Launches iPhone Application To Help Doctors Treat Crohn’s And Ulcerative Colitis
(Source: MediLexicon)
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 Read More »
Stem cell focus for IBD wound healing
(Source: PHYSORG)
Scientists at The University of Nottingham are investigating whether stem cell markers could have a role to play in speeding up wound healing in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Read More »
Illness doesn’t stop teen ODU student
(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 Read More »
When Medicine Makes You Fat
(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. Read More »
CCFA Camp Oasis
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
A Fantastic Voyage Brought To Life
(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. Read More »
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fiber and the Acai Berry
(Source: Associated Content)
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 Read More »