Inflammatory Bowel Disease - All People Who Are Interested In "IBD"

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Tracy Davenport

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posted 10/08/2008, comments (0)

Scholarships for Those Living with Crohn's Disease

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 Chevron

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posted 10/06/2008, comments (0)

Q&A: How to ease Crohn's-related fatigue

A patient who has Crohn's disease asks Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Picco what can be done to deal with disease-related fatigue. According to Picco, fatigue from Crohn's disease could actually be caused by several factors other than a disease flare, including medication, depression, anemia, and nutritional deficiencies. Picco also... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/01/2008, comment (1)

Preservatives in Meat

Let me start this week's blog by admitting that I love pork - pork chops, pork roast, pork spare ribs, you name it if it's pork I like it. And since I haven't been able to eat beef (without big, bad repercussions) for nearly 10 years, pork helps to put some variety in my mainly chicken and fish diet. But, for the past few months I've been noticing... Read more Chevron

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Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer

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posted 09/09/2008, comments (0)

The Top Ten Ways IBD Has Changed Me

#10-I used to think that "Culturelle" was a moisturizer for dry, chapped hands and flaky elbows. # 9-I thought "probiotic" described members of the Republican Party. # 8-Despite my liberal nature, I have come to terms with the fact that I'm not a bad person just because I'm lactose intolerant. # 7-I've learned that there... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/15/2008, comments (2)

Great News!

It seems that my Crohn's disease is in total remission! The colonoscopy I had a couple of weeks ago showed no evidence of Crohn's on visual exam or biopsy. The symptoms that I continue to have on an intermittent basis appear to be either from the diverticulosis I have and/or irritable bowel. My doctor said if it weren't for the past... Read more Chevron

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