A team of researchers from the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland has proposed a novel, non-invasive test for screening and monitoring gut diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The technique uses a tiny blood and stool sample to determine gut permeability, a key marker of these diseases. The importance of our gut...
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Why we all need to be proactive about our bowels
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a mounting burden on health-care systems globally. Manipulating environmental exposures to optimize a healthy microbiome may hold the promise of preventing chronic inflammatory diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Credit: Shutterstock A 2012 study found that Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (two types of IBD) are significantly on...
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Body knows best: A natural healing mechanism for inflammatory bowel disease
The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might even help treat colon cancer WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE Treating inflammatory diseases of the bowel is extremely challenging: Genes, gut microbes and disrupted immune function all contribute. Weizmann Institute of Science researchers are proposing a way around this complexity. In a study in...
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Smoking may cause inflammatory bowel disease
A new study shows a direct effect of cigarette smoke on intestinal inflammation for the first time. Researchers in South Korea report that exposing mice to cigarette smoke results in colitis, an inflammation of the colon resembling Crohn’s disease, and identify a specific white blood cell and inflammatory protein responsible for this effect. The...
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A diet of red meat and chocolate could help RELIEVE painful inflammatory bowel disease symptoms, study claims
The incurable condition affects 1.3 million in the US and 300,000 in the UK It causes stomach cramps, bloating, diarrhea, weight loss, extreme tiredness Normally, sufferers are warned to avoid red meat and dairy to ease symptoms But a study shows they contain an amino acid that boost immune cells in the gut Red meat...
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Study shows mango consumption has positive impact on inflammatory bowel disease
Initial results of a study by researchers in the department of nutrition and food science at Texas A&M University in College Station show mango consumption has a positive impact on people with inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Susanne Talcott, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist, and others recently investigated the use of fresh mangoes as an adjuvant...