Posts by: Charles Moore

Charles Moore

Charles Moore is a syndicated columnist for several major Canadian print newspapers and the Science and Research Section editor for CF News Today.

January 19, 2015September 28, 2016

International Research Team Seeking Crohn’s Disease Causes By Studying Family Factors

Crohn's Disease, News

A team of scientists at the University of Edinburgh are participating in a Canadian coordinated global quest to find causal mechanisms at work in development of the currently of an ... Read more

December 23, 2014September 28, 2016

U.S. Military’s ELECTRX Program Offers Revolutionary Neurological Self-Healing Therapies For IBD

IBD News, News

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — the arm of the United States military responsible for technology development — has also funded development of various technologies which have had wide non-military ... Read more

December 22, 2014December 22, 2014

New Pill-Sized Camera Can Take Photos of Crohn’s Disease, Other GI Abnormalities

Crohn's Disease, News

Covidien’s breakthrough capsulized wireless endoscope device PillCam SB, is among the featured exhibits in a presentation entitled: “Tools: Extending Our Reach,” that will be on display at New York’s Cooper Hewitt ... Read more

October 13, 2014September 28, 2016

New Oral Biologic Medication Reduces Precancerous Polyp Formation In The Colon

Colon Cancer, News

Animal study results reported by researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and covered in a UB News release show that a new oral biologic ... Read more

October 7, 2014October 7, 2014

Needle Coated Capsules May Soon Replace Injections For IBD Medication Delivery

IBD News, News

While swallowing pills coated with tiny needles might at first blush evoke a plot device from a grade B horror movie, drug-delivery capsules with micro needle coating that can deliver drugs ... Read more

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014

Vibrating Pill Shows Promise As Constipation Treatment Preferable To Laxatives

News

Researchers at Tel Aviv University note that constipation is the most common digestive health disorder, affecting up to 42 million Americans annually. Symptoms of chronic constipation including pain, bloating, infrequent ... Read more

June 27, 2014September 28, 2016

Active Carbohydrate Found In Crustacean Shells Could Prevent And Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD); Other Disorders

IBD News, News

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBDs) are a class of autoimmune disorders characterized by chronic or recurring inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract which can be painful and debilitating, and for which there ... Read more