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Gut Microbes Could Soon Diagnose and Explain The Cause of IBS and IBD
Researchers studied poop samples from 1,800 people and might finally have some answers as how to diagnose IBS and IBD and explain what causes them.
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Prior bariatric surgery may lead to IBD.
“A past history of bariatric surgery, but not recent surgery, was associated with both new-onset” Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, wrote Ryan Ungaro, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
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Cedars-Sinai Joins Forces With Salix Pharmaceuticals to Research Gut Disorders.
Larazotide is being tested to treat multiple autoimmune diseases including celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis)
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Study shows BPA risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease
A recent study in a preclinical model of inflammatory bowel disease shows dietary exposure to bisphenol-A, or BPA, found in polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins, can increase mortality and worsen its symptoms.
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Study Reveals Complication Predictors in Children with Crohn’s Disease
Researchers have successfully identified biological signatures in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease (CD) capable of predicting whether a child will develop disease-related complications requiring major surgery within three to five years. The results of this research, “Prediction of complicated disease course for children newly diagnosed with Crohn’s
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A way around opioids: Target the type of pain for better pain relief
As knowledge of pain and the highly addictive nature of opioids has grown, so has the knowledge grown about pain and its origins. A pain specialist explains the intricacies, and how treatment is changing as a result.
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Early source of irritable bowel syndrome discovered
MSU scientists have identified an early cause of intestinal inflammation, one of the first stages of inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, which afflict around 11 percent of the world’s population.
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Fecal Transplants for Ulcerative Colitis? - IBD in the News
Interesting trials discussed here and the infamous "Donor B" is mentioned.
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Triclosan, a common antimicrobial in toothpaste and other products, linked to inflammation and cancer in the gut
Triclosan is found in thousands of personal care products from toothpaste to soap. New research links it to inflammation and cancer in the gut in mice, by disrupting their microbiome.
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Study shows yogurt may dampen chronic inflammation linked to multiple diseases
A recent study provides new evidence that yogurt may help dampen chronic inflammation.
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Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease
This pantry staple may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.
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Changes in intestinal tight junction permeability associated with industrial food additives explain the rising incidence of autoimmune disease
The incidence of autoimmune diseases is increasing along with the expansion of industrial food processing and food additive consumption.
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Chance discovery links inflammatory bowel disease with common bacterial gut toxin
New research has uncovered a surprise link between a common bacterial toxin found in the gut and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Fecal microbiota transplantation in experimental ulcerative colitis reveals associated gut microbial and host metabolic reprogramming
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is gaining attention for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). Data from individual case studies have suggested that FMT may be beneficial for UC but the detailed microbial and molecular basis remains unknown.
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Biomarkers for irritable bowel syndrome: Successful identification of an organic cause of irritable bowel syndromes
IBS is considered a mild form of inflammatory bowel disease. Second, patients with quiescence ulcerative colitis report IBS-like symptoms. The supernatants from these patients also activated neurons. In summary, we can conclude that protease profiling is a promising strategy for the development of irritable bowel syndrome biomarkers," said Schemann -- "they provide additional evidence for a defined organic causes for irritable bowel syndrome."
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Lumping and Splitting. IBS and IBD; when does irritable become inflammatory?
Spiller and Major cite evidence showing that a diagnosis of IBS increases the risk of developing IBD. Other patients have a brief attack of IBD, which goes into remission leaving persistent bowel abnormalities and symptoms of IBS. So we don’t only have post infectious IBS and post traumatic IBS, there is also post-inflammatory IBS.
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Antibiotic use tied to Crohn's, ulcerative colitis
People who are prescribed a large number of antibiotics tend to have a higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study finds, providing more evidence that antibiotics may be disturbing bacteria in our intestine.
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Poo transplants beyond the yuck factor: what works, what doesn't and what we still don't know
There's growing evidence poo transplants can work for some conditions, including a type of diarrhoea. But they're not for everyone.
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I gave my cat a poop transplant—here’s what happened next
After battling chronic diarrhea for months, a fecal transplant came to the rescue.
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Do probiotics actually do anything?
The supplement aisles of most grocery stores and pharmacies in the United States are bursting with probiotics. These billions of bacteria stuffed into once-a-day capsules claim to provide digestive relief, among other benefits. They're extremely popular, with sales of $36.6 billion in 2015. And for good reason. For many people, various gastrointestinal issues come and go pretty much forever, causing chronic discomfort or worse. But according to gastroenterologists and other scientists, these tiny bugs might not be doing the jobs they claim to do.
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