Ulcerative Colitis

Newer tests for Clostridium difficile can detect the infection in pediatric patients even when there is no blood in the stool.

Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases are sometimes treated with immunosuppressive drugs, particularly if they have a significant co-morbidity. A Boston team of researchers found that when that co-morbidity is diabetes, patients are at greater risk of coming down with infections.

Researchers from Canada recently published an updated set of guidelines for patients afflicted with mild to severe Ulcerative colitis (UC).

Relaxation responses physiologic states of deep rest induced by practices such as meditation, yoga, and prayer were reported to positively trigger symptom improvement and gene expression changes within patients afflicted with gastrointestinal disorders like irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.

Researchers are investigating whether microbial therapy can be an effective treatment for several skin and allergic conditions.

The gut microbiota modulates immune development and is an important component of neuroendocrine system. These interactions interfere with neuroendocrine development and, consequently, the patient's immune function.

Dietary amino acids are converted by the luminal microbiome in the gut to a bioactive compound, histamine, which binds to H2R and suppresses MAP kinase signaling and proinflammatory cytokines.

Video Interview: Palak Trivedi, BSc, MBBS, MRCP, University in Birmingham, England, spoke about several drug candidates under review working to improve outcomes of liver blood tests at The International Liver Congress 2015, Vienna, Austria.

In this video interview, Palak Trivedi, BSc, MBBS, MRCP, from the University of Birmingham Centre for Liver Research, United Kingdom, discussed the implications his research findings have for IBD patients at The International Liver Congress 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial to assess the efficacy of novel drug SGX203, a pediatric Crohn's disease (CD) therapy.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has successfully made the exclusive list of conditions New York State deems appropriate to be treated with medical marijuana.

Bühlmann, a global calprotectin laboratory headquartered in Switzerland, announced Wednesday the launch of IBDoc®, the first at home in-vitro diagnostic test to measure the fecal inflammation marker calprotectin in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD), and Ulcerative colitis (UC).

Patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who also have urinary calculi were recently found more likely to experience urinary tract infections, renal failure, and sepsis.

Symptoms of delayed growth, weight loss, failure to gain weight, or persistent stomach pain coupled with diarrhea or bloody stools in children are often linked to undiagnosed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly Crohn's disease (CD).

Women afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at higher risk for cervical dysplasia and cancer.

Americans' low-fiber diets that tend to be rich in red meats put them at risk for diverticulosis, and by age 60, roughly half of Americans have or have had diverticulosis. It's not clear how many patients with diverticulosis go on to develop diverticulitis, but once diverticulitis develops, 10-25% of patients need surgery, often urgently.

Emulsifiers and food additives have been reported to alter the gut microbiota composition, triggering inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) development and metabolic syndromes.

Researchers based at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, have revealed potentially favorable results from 3 imaging methods for pediatric patients with Crohn's disease: magnetic resonance enterography (MRE), small-intestine contrast US (SICUS), and capsule endoscopy (CE) in diagnosing pediatric Crohn's disease (CD).

Researchers have recently discovered the potential new use for ferric maltol as an oral treatment for iron deficiency anemia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Chronic narcotic was reported more than twice as widespread in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), compared with children free from this disease.

While many women (and men) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have experienced some level of sexual dysfunction, according to recent data, only less than one in 10 female patients revealed their physicians speak with them about this issue.

Corticosteroid (steroid) is associated with an approximately 5-fold increase of venous thromboembolism in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

According to findings presented at the 2014 Probiotics Throughout the Lifespan Symposium, there may be a relationship between 2 types of gut bacterium and multiple sclerosis (MS) development.

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, WA, had recently discovered the correlation between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the steady increase in the diversity of viruses.

Assessing the quality of mounting pharmacological evidence, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has updated guidelines on the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

"How do you move a glacier?" asked Lawrence Kosinski, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG, managing partner of Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG) at the 2015 AGA Clinical Congress of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

"There are only 2 or 3 things I know for sure. Only 2 or 3 things. That's right. Of course, it's never the same things, and I'm never as sure as I'd like to be," nuggets of wisdom (from the novel "Bastard Out of Carolina," by Dorothy Allison) that Thomas Murray, Senior Director of Quality Measurement & Improvement, AGA, shared at the 2015 AGA Clinical Congress of Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

When NYU Langone Medical Center gastroenterologist Lee Ann Chen, MD needs frozen stool pills, she puts in an order with OpenBiome, a two-year-old Massachusetts non-profit whose sole mission is to provide them.

In Part 2 Lea Ann Chen, MD, discusses some potential issues associated with Fecal Matter Transplantation.

In part one of our interview with Lea Ann Chen, MD, from NYU Langone Medical Center she discusses the practical aspects of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation.