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January 7, 2021January 5, 2021

Finding a Remedy When Remicade Stops Working

Columns, Intestinal Fortitude - a Column by Emmeline Olson

Since September, I’ve been getting Remicade (infliximab) infusions every four weeks. My gastroenterologist changed my schedule from every eight weeks after my colonoscopy in August showed I was no longer ... Read more

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Helps Advance Tissium’s Platform to Promote Tissue Healing

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The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation has provided funding to life science company Tissium to address the unmet medical needs of patients with Crohn’s disease, specifically to advance technology that can ... Read more

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

MyGut Crohn’s and Colitis Canada App Empowers IBD Patients to Manage Health, Wellness

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Aiming to improve the lives of the more than 250,000 Canadian residents living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is launching a health and wellness empowerment app. ... Read more

April 25, 2019April 23, 2019

Skin Deep: Dermatological Symptoms of IBD

Columns, Intestinal Fortitude - a Column by Emmeline Olson

In terms of physical disabilities, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) falls into the “invisible” category. Most of the time, you can’t tell someone has IBD just by looking at them because ... Read more

April 11, 2019April 10, 2019

Stop or My Colon Will Shoot! Discovering Your IBD Triggers

Columns, Intestinal Fortitude - a Column by Emmeline Olson

A few months ago, while cleaning out an old work bag, I found a journal from about 10 years ago. As a writer, I’ve always kept journals, whether to jot ... Read more

September 14, 2018September 12, 2018

What to Do When the Doctors Don’t Know How to Help

Columns, It Could Be Worse - a column by Mary Horsley

Frustrating, humiliating, and hurtful — how awful it is to have a doctor not believe you. Sometimes symptoms and issues are unknown, and sometimes doctors have a hard time either ... Read more

July 20, 2018July 19, 2018

Nausea and Vomiting with Crohn’s Disease and IBD

Columns, It Could Be Worse - a column by Mary Horsley

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis symptoms and treatment side effects lead to larger problems, such as nausea and vomiting. With IBD, nausea and vomiting are not uncommon, but they can become ... Read more

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018

Compound Used in Food Packaging Linked to Severe IBD Symptoms in Animal Study

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Bisphenol-A, a compound used in the production of some plastics and resins that line containers of canned foods and beverages, was seen to worsen symptoms and increased mortality in a ... Read more

June 28, 2018June 26, 2018

The Waiting Game

Columns, Own Your Crohn's - a Column by Tina Aswani Omprakash

Does nail-biting anxiety wash over you as you await results after a colonoscopy, MRI, or CT scan? Or restlessness while waiting for your latest round of biologics to start kicking ... Read more

June 22, 2018June 20, 2018

Types of Rectal Bleeding with Crohn’s Disease and IBD

Columns, It Could Be Worse - a column by Mary Horsley

Rectal bleeding with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis is not uncommon, but it is never to be considered normal. Rectal bleeding can be the first sign of serious issues, with different ... Read more