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    posted 11/02/2009, comments (0)

    Skin Cancer and IBD Medications

    According to a recent study of 26,403 Crohn's disease patients and 26,974 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) some of the medications used to treat IBD can increase the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers. The use of immunosuppressive drugs and biologic agents were both studied and both increased the risk of skin cancer developing... Read moreChevron
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    posted 10/29/2009, comments (4)

    What is an Elimination Diet?

    An Elimination diet (ED) can be very beneficial to people who are have gastrointestinal (GI) problems. Elimination diets are helpful whether or not you have a firm diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), or a possible food allergy, like Celiac disease.   The main purpose of an Elimination diet is to... Read moreChevron
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    posted 10/22/2009, comments (2)

    IBD and Misdiagnosis: What is the problem?

    As I sat home with my three sick girls today an episode of The Doctors blared in the background. The show's topic was self diagnosing and it discussed a beautiful high school girl who had gone undiagnosed with IBD for years. It wasn't until she looked at cells from her own GI tract through a microscope in one of her high school classes that it... Read moreChevron
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    posted 10/19/2009, comments (0)

    IBS - What is it?

    First, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, is not IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). To learn the different between these two different diseases with similar acronyms you can read my April 13, 2009 Sharepost here. This blog will discuss what IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome - is. In clinical terms, IBS is a functional bowel disorder of the... Read moreChevron
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    posted 10/04/2009, comments (0)

    Fatty Acids and UC

    Omega-6 fatty acids are all over the news for their potential benefits for various health conditions. Linoleic acid is a part of the family of omega-6 fatty acids and is, in part, responsible for the production of prostaglandins. Prostaglandins have several jobs in the human body, one being to regulate inflammatory mediation. Linoleic acid is... Read moreChevron
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