Crohn'S Disease

Dear Dr. Donohue: I am writing about my 16-year-old grandson. He has been treated for ulcerative colitis for many months and is on different medicines. He still passes rectal blood periodically. I am told this is incurable. Could they remove the ...  

Santarus, Inc. today announced that it has begun patient enrollment in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IIIb clinical study with the investigational drug UCERIS (budesonide) tablets 9 mg to evaluate whether there is an incremental benefit when UCERIS 9 mg is added to current oral aminosalicylate (5-ASA) therapy for patients with mild or moderate active ulcerative colitis who are not adequately controlled on...  

Children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may have difficulty functioning in school, particularly because their tendency to internalize problems can impact attendance. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children's Hospital study appearing in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.  

Book review: Tell Me What To Eat If I Have Inflammatory Bowel Disease, by Kimberly A. Tessmer, RD, LD (New Page Books, December 2011) Well the title certainly isn't glamorous, but then again neither are the debilitating symptoms caused by Crohn's Disease ...  

For the sixth year in a row, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson will host a fundraiser for the Children’s IBD Center at Mount Sinai to raise awareness and funds for children who have Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. This year the event will ...  

Treatment of kidney cancer--which may include surgery, arterial embolization ... inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis, or microscopic colitis). Treatment depends on the cause of the colitis. Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is a ...  

Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals Sponsors program for prescription-only medical food - VSL#3® DS -- for dietary management of UC and ileal pouch GAITHERSBURG, MD, January 31 – People who have Ulcerative Colitis (UC) or Ileal Pouch know that finding the right ...  

The Clinical Advisory Board will provide the Company with guidance on the regulatory pathway and clinical development of EG-10 for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. The newly appointed Clinical Advisors are Drs. Brian Feagan, Geert D'Haens ...  

The test can differentiate inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn‘s disease and ulcerative colitis from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other functional bowel disorders (BD). The test, which can be run on Phadia instruments available from ...  

Metallothioneins (MTs) are excellent candidate genes for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and have previously been shown to have altered expression in both animal and human studies of IBD. This is the first study to examine genetic variants within the MT genes and aims to determine whether such genetic variants have an important role in this disease. 28 tag SNPs in genes MT1 (subtypes A, B, E, F, G, H, M, X), MT2, MT3 and MT4 were selected...  

But it was just a year ago that Richardson was forced off the court and into a hospital bed after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the colon and rectum. The pains started in December 2010.  

RBS pumps millions into new green energy plantBusiness WeeklyWork is close to completion on a new anaerobic digestion plant in March near Cambridge UK as operators Local Generation Ltd secure new funding from RBS to support the opening of the plant by the year end. The new 30000 tonne plant will transform food ...Local Generation Ltd secure RBS funding as new March based green energy plant ...The FINANCIAL (press release)all 2 news articles »  

Medical DailyKids with Juvenile Arthritis Four Times More Likely to Get CancerMedical Daily(Stringer/Reuters) Past research have linked cancer to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, a common treatment for illnesses such as arthritis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, and refractory asthma among others, but researchers from the latest study ...Juvenile Arthritis and Cancer Risk, What Parents Should KnoweMaxHealthall 36 news articles »  

Coronado Biosciences to Present at the Leerink Swann 2012 Global Healthcare ...MarketWatch (press release)The Company's two principal pharmaceutical product candidates in clinical development are: TSO (Trichuris suis ova or CNDO-201), a biologic for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and multiple sclerosis; ...and more »  

Fungal DigestionDrug Discovery & DevelopmentAMSBIO is the global supplier of Zymolyase, a lytic enzyme mix for the digestion of yeast and fungal cell walls offering superior and broad based biological activity across many genera of fungi. In independent tests, compared to lyticase and glusulase, ...