Comprehensive analysis reveals U.S. pediatric IBD rates increased, ranking among highest globallyPeer-Reviewed Publication Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Embargoed until Wednesday, Nov. 20 @ 9AM ET New York, NY – November 20, 2024 – A groundbreaking study published today in Gastroenterology provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) prevalence in...
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Study reveals how antibiotics contribute to inflammatory bowel disease risk
September 11, 2024 by Bar-Ilan University Artistic interpretation of the study. The pipe represents the intestine, with antibiotics blocking the flow of mucus. Credit: DrawImpacts/Bar-Ilan University In a study published in Science Advances, Dr. Shai Bel and his research team at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University have uncovered crucial insights into how...
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Research identifies gut bacterial strains linked to inflammatory bowel disease
JUNE 25, 2024 by Marcela Quintanilla Dieck, Massachusetts General Hospital Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Host & Microbe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.022A new study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham, reveals that particular strains of gut bacteria are linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a condition that affects...
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Malnutrition often seen in patients treated for inflammatory bowel disease
by Lori Solomon Some patients seen in an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinic screen positive for malnutrition, according to a research letter published online Nov. 20 in Gastro Hep Advances. Aaron C. Viser, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues used data from a multidisciplinary IBD clinic (June 7 to July...
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Researchers discover new drug target for inflammatory bowel disease
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Colonoscopic image of mice lacking the Pak2 gene showing severe colon inflammation. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical center A set of interacting molecules in immune cells of the gut is responsible for preventing the inflammation seen in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), UT Southwestern researchers report in a new study. The findings,...
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Consuming green vegetables, supplements suppresses inflammatory bowel disease
by American Physiological Society Credit: CC0 Public Domain The dietary supplement chlorophyllin alleviates inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, according to researchers from the Center for Diabetes and Metabolism Research at Sichuan University in China and from Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In addition, chlorophyllin significantly reduces mortality related to...
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Inflammatory bowel disease tied to spondyloarthritis
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) more often have spondyloarthritis (SpA) before and after diagnosis of IBD, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis. Sarita Shrestha, from Örebro University in Sweden, and colleagues compared the occurrence of SpA in a nationwide cohort study involving 39,203 patients diagnosed with IBD during 2006 to...
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Medicine for inflammatory bowel disease may protect against severe COVID-19
by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Getting the COVID-19 vaccination strengthened one type of immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients even though they were taking immunosuppressant medication, according to investigators at Cedars-Sinai. The findings of two studies focused on this topic have been published in the journals IBD, of...
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Stool samples reveal microbial enzyme driving bowel disease
by Nicole Mlynaryk, University of California – San Diego The presence of Bacteroides vulgatus led to colitis in the mouse colon (left). However, protease inhibition protected the walls of the colon and reduced influx of inflammatory cells (right). Credit: University of California – San Diego Ulcerative colitis, a subtype of inflammatory bowel disease, is a...
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Inflammatory bowel disease: Incidence and treatment
by Karolinska Institutet Gastrointestinal System. Credit: Blausen.com staff (2014). “Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014”. WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 2002-4436. CC BY 3.0 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with its two main disease entities Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is a chronic and relapsing inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The highest prevalence of...