If you or a loved one is living with Crohn's Disease, you may be eligible to receive an academic scholarship. UCB, a world-wide biopharmaceutical company, has just announced the winners of its third annual UCB Crohn's Scholarship Program, and has made information available about more scholarship awards for 2009.
The UCB scholarship... Read more
Carrie Johnson recently placed fifth in the 2007 World Championships of Kayaking. She was also the first U.S. kayaker to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Carrie Johnson also makes no secret about the fact she lives with Crohn's disease.
Carrie's Crohn's symptoms began while she was training for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004... Read more
IBD has the potential to impact every aspect of your marriage, from where you and your partner vacation, to what happens in the bedroom. But even though chronic disease can impact your life in multiple ways, it is important to know the truth and not make erroneous assumptions about what impact digestive disease will ultimately have on your... Read more
In Part I of this SharePost, I explained that if you or someone you love has just been diagnosed with IBD, you may be experiencing grief and may not even know it. In this SharePost, I provide information about how grief varies from person to person, and I also provide suggestions for different ways to manage this emotion.
Grief does not... Read more
Many of you have written to the Health Central Network,
reporting that you have just been diagnosed with IBD. Most likely, when your
doctor delivered the news, he or she recommended an appropriate diet, lifestyle
modifications, and possibly a prescription medication to help you better manage
your condition. What your doctor may not have warned... Read more