News tagged with bowel disease

IBD travelers are not at higher risk of contracting intestinal infections

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) travelers have an increased risk of illness during trips to industrialized countries, but not to developing or tropical regions, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and He ...

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Gut microbe networks differ from norm in obese people, systems biology approach reveals

For the first time, researchers have analyzed the multitude of microorganisms residing in the human gut as a complex, integrated biological system, rather than a set of separate species. Their approach has ...

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inflammatory bowel disease emerges as a global disease

The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are increasing with time and in different regions around the world, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastro ...

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created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reproductive disorder linked to increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Women with endometriosis are up to twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease as those without this reproductive disorder, suggests a large study published online in Gut.

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created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team pinpoints amino acid variation in immune response gene linked with ulcerative colitis

The association between the inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis and a gene that makes certain cell surface proteins has been pinpointed to a variant amino acid in a crucial binding site that profoundly influences ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Personalized treatment for Crohn's Disease a step closer following gene mapping

Three new locations for Crohn's Disease genes have been uncovered by scientists at UCL using a novel gene mapping approach.

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify strategies to conquer lifestyle and genetic factors related to chronic diseases

A dramatic increase in the incidence of chronic inflammatory diseases such as asthma, allergy, and irritable bowel syndrome, has led to concern about how modern lifestyles may trigger physiological defense mechanisms. Now, ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inflammatory cues modulate goblet cell products important for intestinal barrier function

In a paper published in the December 2011 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, a team of scientists at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign led by Rex Gaskins, PhD have demonstrated that both microbial and ho ...

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Increased risk of blood clots on the lung for patients with autoimmune diseases

Autoimmune diseases, in which the immune system attacks the body, are fairly common. Thyroid diseases, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease are some examples. Autoimmune diseases ...

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created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

IBD patients face increased skin cancer risk

Certain patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may have an increased risk of skin cancer, which is intensified by the use of immunosuppressant medications , according to two new studies in Gastroenterology, the of ...

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created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Psychological factors affect IBS patients' interpretation of symptom severity

A patient's viewpoint of the severity of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms can be influenced not only by physical symptoms of IBS but broader psychological problems, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology an ...

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Hormone that controls iron levels may be target for atherosclerosis treatment

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified hepcidin, a hormone that regulates iron levels in the body, as a potential target for treating atherosclerosis.

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeted antibiotic drug safest among recommended treatments for irritable bowel disease

Among the most commonly used treatments for irritable bowel syndrome – which affects as many as 20 percent of the United States population – a targeted antibiotic was shown to be the safest in a new study by Cedars-Sinai ...

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Fecal microbiota transplants effective treatment for C. difficile, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Growing evidence for the effectiveness of fecal microbiota transplants as a treatment for patients with recurrent bouts of Clostridium difficile (C.difficile) associated diarrhea is presented in three studies -- including ...

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created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research confirms latitude variation in incidence of chronic digestive diseases

New research points to a potential role for UV light exposure and vitamin D levels in chronic digestive conditions; Crohn's disease, a serious inflammatory condition in the small intestine; and ulcerative colitis (UC), which ...

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