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Similarities Found Between IBD and Celiac Disease

Celiac disease is a genetic disease that affects as many as 1 in 133 people in the United States. Celiac is also known as gluten intolerance and is characterized by an inability of the patient's body to tolerate gluten. When gluten is ingested a celiac patient can suffer intestinal damage. Gluten is a component of wheat, rye and barley as well as... Read moreChevron
posted 05/18/2011, comments (0)|
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Probiotics for the Treatment of IBD

I have written many article in the past about the use of probiotics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Up to this point there was not a lot of information specific to their use in IBD but they were often prescribed in a "well, it couldn't hurt to try it" sort of way.   Less than a year ago I attended a webcast during which time I was able to ask... Read moreChevron
posted 04/29/2011, comments (0)|
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The Gluten Mystery Continues

  I can't wait for five years from now. Why? Because hopefully so much more will be known and understood why about 6% of the U.S. population is gluten-sensitive  and another 1% has celiac disease (CD).   These numbers might not sound huge or astounding unless you are one of us who is either gluten-sensitive or has CD. The Wall... Read moreChevron
posted 03/17/2011, comments (6)|
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Anxiety Follow-Up

In this Sharepost I am going to do a bit of a follow-up to one I wrote in September, 2010 titled, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for IBD and IBS - http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/2623/120938/cognitive-behavior-cbt -   I worked with my therapist for about five weeks and learned the basics of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) which helped... Read moreChevron
posted 03/10/2011, comments (0)|
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Antibiotic Overuse and Crohn's Disease Risk

If the side effects alone weren't enough, there is now even more reason not to take antibiotics unless they are needed. The overuse of antibiotics has been linked to an increase in antibiotic resistance and now to an increase in IBD, specifically Crohn's disease (1, 2).   It isn't completely clear how the long term use of certain... Read moreChevron
posted 02/16/2011, comments (0)|
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