IBD News

November 5, 2014September 28, 2016

Team Challenge Joins Vegas Marathon to Support IBD Research

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“Team Challenge,” the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America‘s endurance training and fundraising program, is celebrating its 6th consecutive year as a charity partner for the annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Las ... Read more

November 3, 2014September 28, 2016

IBD, Myasthenia Gravis a Prevalent Co-Existing Autoimmune Condition Pair

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects a wide variety of patients, especially those with concurrent autoimmune diseases. According to a presentation given by Francisco de Assis Aquino of the Universidade Federal ... Read more

November 3, 2014September 28, 2016

Celltrion Healthcare Presents Clinical Data Showing That Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Should Be Treated With Biosimilar Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Infliximab

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Documented clinical experience was recently presented by Celltrion Healthcare’s satellite symposium during the 2014 United European Gastroenterology (UEGW) showing evidence that patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) — Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis — should be treated with the biosimilar monoclonal antibody (mAb) infliximab. ... Read more

October 29, 2014September 28, 2016

CCFA Launches Educational Campaign on IBD Nutrition Starring Sunny Anderson

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The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) recently joined efforts with Janssen Biotech, Inc. to launch an educational campaign especially designed for people suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Get ... Read more

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014

Lipids Present in Modern Western Diet May Trigger Inflammation, Colon Cancer

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A new study entitled “Sphingosine-1-phosphatelyase down regulation promotes coloncarcinogenesis through STAT3-activatedmicroRNAs” discovered that a class of lipids present in our diet — sphingolipids — can promote or protect colon cancer ... Read more

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014

Iron-Deficiency Anemia in IBD Children Correctable With Injection, According To New Study

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A new study entitled “Effectiveness and safety of ferric carboxymaltose treatment in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal diseases” published in October issue of BMC Gastroenterology ... Read more

October 20, 2014October 20, 2014

Southampton Nurse Awarded for IBD Patient Helpline

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Last week, an advanced nurse practitioner in Southampton received a national award for the great success of her telephone hotline project for patients living with one of the most common ... Read more

October 14, 2014September 28, 2016

Research Reveals Anatomic Breakthrough That May Alter IBD Therapy

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Professor of surgery J. Calvin Coffey is refuting a century’s worthy of knowledge about abdominal anatomy, claiming it is wrong and remapping the human mesentery as has never been done before. If proven correct, the research ... Read more

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014

Second Genome and Mayo Clinic Partner for Microbiome Treatment Research

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Research into some of the world’s most prevalent and deadly gastrointestinal disease is set to take a new turn in researching and developing a new class of therapeutics. A new ... Read more

October 8, 2014October 8, 2014

Crohn’s Disease Research Could Benefit From discovery of Small Molecule Associated With Inflammatory Cell Death

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A new study, entitled “Activation of the pseudokinase MLKL unleashes the four-helix bundle domain to induce membrane localization and necroptotic cell death” published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ... Read more