Milk Fats Plus Bacteria = Gut Inflammation
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It is a global phenomenon – the increase in gastrointestinal inflammatory disease over the last 50 years, so fast is this occurring that genetic…
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Apples Can Suppress IBD
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Here’s another reason why “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”—according to new research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (https://www.jleukbio.org),…
Antibiotics and IBD in Childhood
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s blight people’s lives and restrict their functionality. The formative years of our lives represents the…
Is that Iron Supplement Making Your IBD Patient Ill?
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Iron replacement therapy is a common treatment in patients with anaemia and Crohn’s disease, but oral iron supplements are less tolerated. The pathogenesis of…
Broccoli Intake Influences IBD Pathology in Crohns Disease.
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A dietary selection of more traditional fibre rich foods especially broccoli, appears to confer an immunological advantage to those patients suffering from the inflammatory…
Genes, Viruses, Microbes and IBD
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Crohn’s disease is common and miserable to suffer from, yet its actual cause is still under some debate as no clear understanding has yet…
IBD and Environmental Triggers- Vegetable Gardens Vs Genes
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Crohn’s and Ulcerative colitis are understood to have a number of genetic related risks, but increasingly scientists are having to accept that our double…
Vitamin D Vs Crohn’s (IBD) & Cancer
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Crohns disease is an inflammatory disease of the intestines that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from anus to mouth, causing a…
Phosphatidylcholine (PC) Controls Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis
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Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is a major lipid of the gastrointestinal mucus layer. We recently showed that mucus from patients suffering from ulcerative colitis has low…
Enzyme Involved In Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discovered At Penn State College Of Medicine
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Comment: The enzyme, coded for by the MEP1A gene, is a zinc-containing metalloprotease called meprin, and is abundant in the intestine. A protease is…