<rss xmlns:cm="http://choicemedia.com/content/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>MyIBDCentral.com - Latest Inflammatory Bowel Disease News</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/</link><description>Latest Inflammatory Bowel Disease News from MyIBDCentral.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>MyIBDCentral.com</title><width>120</width><height>19</height><url>http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif</url><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/</link></image><item><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Outcomes Similar for Laparoscopic, Open Colon Cancer Surgeries</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-252083-31.html</link><description>Study finds mortality and survival rates equal for both procedures</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-252083-31.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Not All Colon Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy: Study</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-252082-31.html</link><description>DNA mismatch in some early stage cases makes therapy of little
benefit, shortens survival</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-252082-31.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:26:04 EDT</pubDate><title>Salmonella outbreak traced to tainted dog food</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-252029-66.html</link><description>Contaminated dry dog food was the source of an outbreak of
Salmonella infections affecting people in 19 states, public health
officials report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a
publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-252029-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251995-31.html</link><description>70 people, many of them young children, were sickened after
handling the food, CDC says</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251995-31.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 03:27:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Arthritis may be triggered by environmental
factors</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/news-251959-66.html</link><description>A number of environmental exposures, including trauma, are
associated with the onset of inflammatory arthritis in patients
with psoriasis, findings published in the Annals of the Rheumatic
Diseases indicate.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/news-251959-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 03:27:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Drug adherence does not explain diabetes race gap</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/news-251956-66.html</link><description>Differences in medication adherence do not fully explain why
African Americans fare more poorly than whites in managing their
diabetes, a new study suggests.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/news-251956-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:04 EDT</pubDate><title>First Beijing death linked to China virus outbreak</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251940-66.html</link><description>China's capital has recorded its first death from an outbreak of
hand, foot and mouth disease as authorities try to contain the
spread of a potent virus just three months before the city hosts
the Olympic Games.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251940-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:04 EDT</pubDate><title>Acid problem common at diabetes diagnosis in kids</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/news-251937-66.html</link><description>When first diagnosed with diabetes, roughly one in four children
and teens in the US have a potentially life-threatening condition
that makes their blood more acidic than normal, according to a
report in the journal Pediatrics.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/news-251937-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 03:26:04 EDT</pubDate><title>Racial differences in cancer care still
unexplained</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251852-66.html</link><description>Even though black patients and white patients with rectal cancer
are equally likely to consult with an oncologist, blacks are less
likely to undergo additional treatment after surgery, according to
research findings posted online by the Journal of the National
Cancer Institute.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251852-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 03:26:03 EDT</pubDate><title>Drug combo prevents NSAID-related GI disturbance</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/news-251838-66.html</link><description>Although all of the common strategies protect the upper
gastrointestinal tract from the complications of nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), popular over-the-counter
analgesics such as Motrin (ibuprofen) or Aleve (naproxen), the
combination of a COX-2 inhibitor and a proton pump inhibitor is
associated with the largest reduction in gastrointestinal
complications, according to a Canadian study published in the
medical journal Gastroenterology.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/news-251838-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Black Rectal Cancer Patients Less Likely to Get Chemo, Radiation</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251823-31.html</link><description>See oncologists as often as whites, researchers not sure why
different choices of treatment follow</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251823-31.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:26:04 EDT</pubDate><title>Enemas can help children with voiding problems</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251692-66.html</link><description>Urination problems coupled with chronic constipation in children
can be cured by enemas, according to the results of a Dutch study
in the journal Urology.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251692-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:27:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Antidepressant may calm teens' irritable bowels</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251560-66.html</link><description>Treatment with the antidepressant amitriptyline can reduce symptoms
and improve quality of life in adolescents with irritable bowel
syndrome (known as IBS), the results of a small study suggest.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251560-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:28:05 EDT</pubDate><title>New bowel prep drink easier to take: study</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251542-66.html</link><description>A new 2 liter bowel cleansing solution for colonoscopy appears to
work as well as the standard 4 liter solution and is more
acceptable to patients, researchers report.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251542-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:26:05 EDT</pubDate><title>China hails doctor for raising child virus alarm</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251534-66.html</link><description>A strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed four more
children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 34,
state media said on Friday, as it praised a doctor who alerted
authorities to the epidemic.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/news-251534-66.html</guid></item></channel></rss>