Prometheus Launches The First Serogenetic Test To Predict Risk Of Complications From Crohn's Disease
Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, announced the commercial launch of its proprietary PROMETHEUS® Crohn's Prognostic test. This novel and unique diagnostic represents a significant advance in the Prometheus Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) franchise of diagnostic and prognostic tests, and complements the market-leading PROMETHEUS® IBD Serology 7. The PROMETHEUS® Crohn's Prognostic test combines six serologic markers and three genetic mutation markers to provide physicians with a personalized serogenetic profile for their patients... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 05:00 AM --
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Risk of surgery for Crohn's disease lower than reported in recent studies
(Lifespan) A multi-center study of 854 children with Crohn's disease shows the 5-year cumulative risk of bowel surgery is significantly lower than reported in recent studies. The study led by Hasbro Children's Hospital also found that children diagnosed between ages 13 and 16 had increased risk of bowel surgery, and a common treatment started at diagnosis did not alter the risk of surgery. The study appears in the September 2010 Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 11:00 PM --
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Fibroblast activation protein expression in Crohn's disease strictures
(Source: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)...
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Realâtime tool to display the predicted disease course and treatment response for children with Crohn's disease
(Source: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)...
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Wash. U. researcher shares in $10M grant
Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, a professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University in St. Louis, co-leads a research program that will receive a nearly $6.1 million grant through the national Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 02:16 PM --
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Broccoli may curb Crohn's progression
LIVERPOOL, England, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Fibers from broccoli and plantain may help curb development of Crohn's disease, researchers in Britain suggest.
Crohns disease - Inflammatory bowel disease - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Digestive Disorders (Source: Health News - UPI.com)...
POSTED 08/30/2010 at 10:59 PM --
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Comic relief
Medical terminology can be confusing for many patients, especially children.
Have you ever suffered a medical nightmare like this?
“Patient displays an acute communicable disease with an incubation period of 2 or 3 weeks and caused by herpesvirus, usually found in children. Manifestations include coryza, fever, malaise, and headache, followed in 2 or 3 days by the eruption of macular vesicles.”
Chances are you have. The above paragraph is just a complicated description of a common childhood virus: chicken pox. In most cases doctors are happy to act as medical translators for their patientsâ explaining complicated medical terminology in every day languageâ but when it comes to written material, many medical publications rely heavily on industry jargon. It can be intimidati......
POSTED 08/30/2010 at 09:02 AM --
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Broccoli blocks Crohn's disease
Eating broccoli and plantain could help to block a key stage in the development of Crohnâs disease, researchers have found. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
POSTED 08/29/2010 at 07:00 PM --
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Bowel cancer and IBD
The National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC) brings together people of all ages who have Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, which includes Proctitis, their families and the health professionals involved in their care. These two illnesses are both forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and they affect about 1 in 250 people in the United Kingdom. NACC provides a range of information sheets and booklets for patients and their families, to help them to manage their IBD and to live their lives as effectively as possible within the constraints of their illness. Summary: This leaflet discusses the risk of bowel cancer in IBD. It discusses risk factors, risk reduction, and colonoscopy screening Access: Available to the general public (Source: Gastroenterology and Li......
POSTED 08/28/2010 at 01:15 AM --
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Bowel cancer and IBD
The National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC) brings together people of all ages who have Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, which includes Proctitis, their families and the health professionals involved in their care. These two illnesses are both forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and they affect about 1 in 250 people in the United Kingdom. NACC provides a range of information sheets and booklets for patients and their families, to help them to manage their IBD and to live their lives as effectively as possible within the constraints of their illness. Summary: This leaflet discusses the risk of bowel cancer in IBD. It discusses risk factors, risk reduction, and colonoscopy screening Access: Available to the general public (Source: Gastroenterology and Li......
POSTED 08/28/2010 at 01:15 AM --
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Bowel cancer and IBD
The National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC) brings together people of all ages who have Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, which includes Proctitis, their families and the health professionals involved in their care. These two illnesses are both forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and they affect about 1 in 250 people in the United Kingdom. NACC provides a range of information sheets and booklets for patients and their families, to help them to manage their IBD and to live their lives as effectively as possible within the constraints of their illness. Summary: This leaflet discusses the risk of bowel cancer in IBD. It discusses risk factors, risk reduction, and colonoscopy screening Access: Available to the general public (Source: Gastroenterology and Li......
POSTED 08/28/2010 at 01:15 AM --
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Food Components Influence Bacterial Pathology of Crohn's Disease
Soluble plant fiber and emulsifier intake may be linked to Crohn's disease by influencing bacterial invasion of the gut epithelium through microfold epithelial cells. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)...
POSTED 08/27/2010 at 02:28 PM --
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Crohn's Disease Could Be Treated With Banana Plantain Fibers
Crohn's is a condition that affects one in 800 people in the UK and causes chronic intestinal inflammation, leading to pain, bleeding and diarrhoea. Researchers are working with biotechnology company, Provexis, to test a new plantain based food product that could treat patients with the disease. Scientists have previously shown that people with Crohn's disease have increased numbers of a 'sticky' type of E. coli and weakened ability to fight off invading intestinal bacteria. The team investigated whether dietary agents could influence E. coli entering the lining of the gut. The sticky E... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 08/27/2010 at 03:00 AM --
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Mesalamine Helps Prevent Crohn's Relapse After Surgery
After surgery for Crohn's disease, mesalamine lowers the risk of relapse somewhat, but sulfasalazine does not, a meta-analysis shows. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)...
POSTED 08/26/2010 at 04:21 PM --
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Comment on 'Predicting the response to infliximab from trough serum levels'
(Source: Gut)...
POSTED 08/26/2010 at 07:47 AM --
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Natural history of Crohn's disease in a population-based cohort from Cardiff (1986-2003): a study of changes in medical treatment and surgical resection rates
Conclusion
This population-based cohort shows marked changes in rates of surgery, and the reduction is independently associated with year of diagnosis, and associated temporally with increased and earlier thiopurine use. (Source: Gut)...
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Digest
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POSTED 08/26/2010 at 07:47 AM --
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Banana plantain fibers could treat Crohn's disease, research suggests
Scientists have found that soluble fibers found in plantain, a type of large banana, could be used to treat patients with Crohn's disease. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)...
POSTED 08/26/2010 at 04:01 AM --
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Crohn's disesase could be treated with broccoli
Eating broccoli and bananas could help prevent relapses of Crohn's disease, bringing relief to tens of thousands of sufferers, researchers revealed today. (Source: the Mail online | Health)...
POSTED 08/26/2010 at 03:23 AM --
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of 5-aminosalicylates for prevention of relapse of Crohn's disease after surgically induced remission
Source: Am J Gastroenterol
Area: News
Due to conflicting evidence from RCTs, researchers conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the efficacy of 5-aminosalicylates (5-ASAs) in preventing relapse of Crohn's disease (CD) once remission has been surgically induced.
Eleven RCTs (n= 1282) of adults with luminal CD in remission after a surgical resection that compared 5-ASAs with placebo, or no treatment were identified for the review and the following findings were reported:
. The relative risk of relapse of CD in remission after surgery with 5-ASA vs. placebo or no therapy was 0.86 (95% CI, 0.74 to 0.99; NNT=13).
. Sulfasalazine was of no benefit in preventing relapse in 448 patients (0.97; 0.72 to 1.31)
. Mesala......
POSTED 08/25/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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