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Todd Eisner

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posted 10/29/2008, comments (0)

Dr. Eisner Answers your IBD Questions: Diet and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

I have Crohn's disease and am constantly having cramping and diarrhea after meals. What can I do? There are certain dietary tips that may help curb symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease when you are experiencing a flare. First, try eating more frequent smaller meals. Next, limit the amount of milk and milk products in your diet. There... Read more Chevron

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Daughter 1

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posted 10/17/2008, comments (2)

Help! What is wrong with my mother?

It began 20 years ago. I took my mother to the ER because she had horrible abdominal pain with vomitting and diarrhea. She was diagnosed with a pancreatic infection, given antibiotics, and sent home. Twent years later and countless visits to ERs, urgent care clinics, private doctors, pharmacists, countless tests and exams, we don't... Read more Chevron

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Elizabeth Roberts

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posted 10/14/2008, comments (0)

Benefits from Juicing

Until last week, it had been nearly six months since I'd juiced anything. Juicing for me is something I seem to be gung-ho about for a month or two at a time then it falls by the way-side for awhile. But last weekend my husband and I had a party and one of our guests brought us a watermelon from the farmer's market. It smelled fabulous before we... Read more Chevron

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Tracy Davenport

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posted 09/24/2008, comments (2)

Crohn's and Caffeine

Caffeine has helped many of us stay up late to study or get ready for work early in the morning. In fact, upwards of about 90 percent of adults in North America consume some form of caffeine daily. But what if you have Crohn's Disease? Is it safe for you to include caffeine in your daily routine? In the research community, the jury is... Read more Chevron

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Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer

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posted 08/24/2008, comments (2)

Of Well Intentioned—Yet, Skewed—Advice

One example of well intentioned--yet skewed--advice, is "the coconut macaroon prescription," for common diarrhea AND Crohn's disease, popularized in the nationally syndicated newspaper column, "The Peoples' Pharmacy." Every so often, the column mentions this alleged miracle cure. Several years ago, when my youngest son was... Read more Chevron

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